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Polar Icebreaker Fate Rests With Congressional Decision On Border Wall, Garamendi Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

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Polar Icebreaker Fate Rests With Congressional Decision On Border Wall, Garamendi Says

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. The cutter was built by the former Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and was commissioned in 1977. (Photo: Coast Guard)

Congress next week will decide whether it wants to pour more money into a border security wall than the Trump administration requested or fund construction of America’s first new heavy polar icebreaker in more than 40 years, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), the ranking member on a House panel that oversees policymaking for the Coast Guard, said on Thursday.The Senate appropriated $750 million in fiscal year 2019 for the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter while the House recommended slashing the program…

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