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Biden Says U.S. Coast Guard Will Take On More Global Missions; Highlights Indo-Pacific Region

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021

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Biden Says U.S. Coast Guard Will Take On More Global Missions; Highlights Indo-Pacific Region

President Joe Biden. Photo: White House

Challenges to global maritime norms will lead the U.S. to rely more on the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure freedom of navigation, protect the flow of commerce and fisheries, work with partner nations to help protect their sovereignty and safeguard the environment, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday. Biden pointed to China’s and Russia’s “disruptive actions” as well as technology in threatening the long-standing international “rules of the road” and behaviors that have kept open the sea lanes, enabled the…

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