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The Los Angeles Times noted that the "non-military biodefense research budget" increased from $60 million in 2001 to $317 million in 2002, and the Bush administration was now requesting $2 billion for 2003, which exceeded the combined research budgets for "breast and lung cancer, stroke and tuberculosis."
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-12-sci-biodefense12-story.html
https://archive.ph/r14Gw