The programme (funded at the request of Harry Reid) ran from 2007 to 2012. Reid worked with the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) and the late Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) to secure funding for the programme.
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Harry Reid, retired U.S. Senator (D-NV)