"or how I learned to stop worrying and love Bush's TIA."

[Skidmore]

3. Well du'h...

Over the past decade, has anyone ever once heard that Congress was defunding any defense or intelligence programs? A good rule of thumb is that, if Congress doesn't specifically name a program for defunding, it lives. This comes from years of waiting to hear if my jobs would survive another year when awaiting budget authorization bill results.