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DHS adds $25 million in potential funding for UNO counterterrorism center

Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald
Apr 24, 2023
Apr 24, 2023 Updated May 1, 2023
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9/11 NCITE panel (copy) — Gina Ligon, left, director of UNO's National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology and Education Center, speaks at a panel discussion with Philip Lenz, the assistant special agent in charge at the Omaha FBI field office, in September 2021.
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Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald

The Department of Homeland Security is boosting its support for the counterterrorism research center it established at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2020.

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