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New Federal Department Deals With Computer Mess

The Department of Homeland Security prepares to deal with the tangle of different -- and incompatible -- computer systems at the various agencies from which the department is being created. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

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Larry Abramson is NPR's National Security Correspondent. He covers the Pentagon, as well as issues relating to the thousands of vets returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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