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Rep. Carter Says Coast Guard Asking For More Heavy Icebreaker Monies Than It Can Spend

Rep. Carter Says Coast Guard Asking For More Heavy Icebreaker Monies Than It Can Spend
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

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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