The Obama Administration has asked the US Congress to double its anti-terrorism budget to India to 4.5 million dollars for the fiscal 2011.<br/><br/>Testifying before a Congressional committee, Coordinator for Counter-terrorism in the Department of States, Daniel Benjamin on Wednesday said such a decision by the Obama Administration follows a request from India in the aftermath of the Mumbai-terrorist attack. <br/><br/>He said Anti-terrorism assistance continues to be US's flagship counter-terrorism law enforcement capacity-building programme, and its partner nations have registered several concrete successes over the last year. <br/>
News On AIR | April 15, 2010 12:36 PM
Obama Administration asks US Congress to double its anti-terrorism budget