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Senate NDAA Bill Requires DoD Establish Arctic Port

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

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Senate NDAA Bill Requires DoD Establish Arctic Port

The Coast Guard's Polar Star is the nation's only heavy polar icebreaker. In this Coast Guard photo the vessel is shown conducting ice breaking operations in Antarctica in Jan. 2017.

The Senate on Thursday directed the Pentagon to establish a strategic Arctic port from which Navy and Coast Guard vessels could operate to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the region and further U.S. interests there. The Arctic provision is contained in the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was easily approved by a vote of 86 to 8 on Thursday afternoon. The bill says that “although much progress has been made to increase awareness…

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