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Attorney General John Ashcroft said the nation is better protected from terrorism since creation of the Department of Homeland Security, but conceded that coordination among federal agencies still "is not perfect."

Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" last week, the attorney general was asked about a recent General Accounting Office study which concluded that nine component agencies in the new department have not yet ironed out problems in the coordination of terrorist watch-list information.

"The cooperation has improved dramatically," Ashcroft said. "But it is not perfect. And that's why the president called for the Department of Homeland Security."

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