After September 11th, How Has America Changed?

No. 3: Improvements in National Defense

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Since the attacks, the US Government has gone to great lengths in its attempts to prevent other such events from occurring. According to figures released by The Washington Post in 2010, there are currently 1,271 government run agencies and 1,931 private institutions working on counterterrorism, intelligence, and homeland security programs.