Less (money) is more for border virtual fence?

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today explained the administration's rationale for requesting significantly less money for fiscal 2011 for a program that uses information technology to secure the United States' southern border. Napolitano told members of the House Homeland Security Committee that DHS' Customs and Border Protection directorate would complete the first phase of the SBInet program to deploy a virtual fence along the border, but said that project delays and difficulties demanded a fresh look at the program before going further.

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