The House approved an estimated - but still secret - $28 billion budget Saturday for the CIA and other units of the U.S. intelligence community as they reorganize for the post-Cold War era.

In a voice vote, the chamber approved the intelligence authorization and sent it to the Senate for final action.Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kan., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, described the bill as "an installment in the ongoing efforts to properly size the intelligence community for its post-Cold War mission."

With the demise of the Soviet Union, Glickman said, that mission should be focused on combatting terrorism, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, supporting the U.S. military and assisting the war against drugs.

He noted during debate that an attempt in the Senate to force disclosure of the overall annual intelligence-gathering budget failed on a 52-48 roll call Thursday.

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"I personally support disclosure and I do not believe that disclosure would in any way jeopardize national security" or reveal specific intelligence operations, Glickman said.

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