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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=alignleft><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://broadbandbreakfast.com/category/broadband-stimulus/"
title="View all posts in Broadband Stimulus">Broadband Stimulus</a></span></font></span><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><span class=alignright><font
size=2 color="#cc6600"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#CC6600'>July 2nd,
2010 </span></font></span><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h3><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>BroadbandBreakfast.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>

<p><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
  face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'> July 2,
2010- The House Appropriations Committee to rescind $602 million from
Commerce and Agriculture Department broadband stimulus programs. The two
departments had to share $7.2 billion for the Broadband Technologies
Opportunities Program, Broadband Investment Program and the Broadband Data
Improvement Act.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Every Department will have some of its funding
cut in order to pay for <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>the additional $75
billion being spent on the wars in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></b>. 
Overall the House Appropriations committee plans to cut $11.7 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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