By BARRY SCHWEID
Associated Press
July 29, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a report aimed at the next president, security specialists are proposing a vast overhaul of the U.S. security system, declaring it problem-plagued.
The report, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, said frequent feuding and jurisdictional disputes among Cabinet secretaries and other agency heads force the president to spend too much time settling internal fights.
Time and money are wasted on duplicative and inefficient actions, slowing down government responses to crises, the report said.
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