Obama Budget Will Include $10.7 Billion for Emergency Networks
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President Barack Obama’s budget will include $10.7 billion to build a nationwide wireless network for emergency workers and $5 billion to help Americans get mobile access to high-speed Internet service.
Obama would pay for the networks with $27.8 billion from auctioning airwaves relinquished by television broadcasters, and still have $9.6 billion available for reducing the federal deficit, Jason Furman, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council, said during a conference call yesterday.