Funding for Bio-Threat Reduction

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The US, the EU, and other global actors have initiated a variety of efforts to eliminate the residue of Soviet biological weapons programs. Three US agencies have programs to reduce biological weapons proliferation from Russia and the former Soviet states, namely the Defense Department, State Department, and the Energy Department. Here, the funding for bio-threat reduction is further discussed.

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Funding for Bio-Threat Reduction

The United States, the European Union, and other global actors have initiated a variety of efforts to eliminate the residue of Soviet biological weapons programs.

U.S. Programs

Three U.S. agencies have programs to reduce biological weapons proliferation from Russia and the former Soviet states:

Defense Department

The Department of Defense, through its Biological Weapons Proliferatio...

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