The chairman of the House panel that provides annual funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) questioned the $150 million the Coast Guard is seeking in FY ’17 to begin design of a new Polar Icebreaker, saying the service would only be able to obligate $25 million of those monies in that fiscal year.Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), chairman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, said he is in favor of a new heavy icebreaker, but “this funding request…
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