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Coast Guard Commandant: $35 Million in FY ’20 for New Heavy Icebreaker Enough to Maintain Program

Coast Guard Commandant: $35 Million in FY ’20 for New Heavy Icebreaker Enough to Maintain Program
The Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star pictured leaving

The Coast Guard commandant said March 26 that he is confident the service can proceed on schedule with the procurement of its first new Polar Security Cutter (PSC) despite a smaller procurement request in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request. Testifying for the first time before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Tuesday on Capitol Hill, Adm. Karl Schultz said the service “can absolutely press forward with the $35 million” included in the FY ’20 Coast Guard budget request…

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