Since 1993, the State Department has been attempting to consolidate 19 diplomatic security training facilities to provide necessary soft and hard skills training to personnel assigned to high threat high risk environments. In December 2012, State Department presented OMB with a full master plan which included construction costs for all services at a proposed cost to the taxpayer of $950 million. After consolidating several facilities in the plan, State reduced its proposal to $907 million. At OMB's request, FLETC presented a $273 million full service alternative that leveraged existing facilities used … (00:44–00:54)
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Asserts that the State Department's initial proposal cost was $950 million.
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