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Obama To Accelerate Purchase Of New Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker

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Obama To Accelerate Purchase Of New Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot polar icebreaker. Photo: Coast Guard

President Barack Obama on Tuesday said his administration will propose accelerating the acquisition of a new heavy icebreaker for the Coast Guard by two years for use in plowing Arctic ice as human activity in the northern region of the planet increases due to warming waters.The White House offered scant details on plans for a new icebreaker, which the Coast Guard has said would cost about $1 billion, but said the goal is to move up the acquisition of the…

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