By Geoff Fein Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) lashed out yesterday at the Coast Guard for not putting forth more effort to recover funds spent on an attempt to extend the service's 110-foot Island-class cutters to the 123-foot configuration. The Coast Guard is hoping to get the Deepwater Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) team to negotiate a settlement to the service's attempts to recoup the money spent on the conversion effort. "We are talking about $80 million in disputed money, about…
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