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Senator Says Decision Could Come Soon To Lease Icebreakers For Coast Guard

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 16th, 2020

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Senator Says Decision Could Come Soon To Lease Icebreakers For Coast Guard

The Polar Star and its crew in Antarctica in early January 2020. Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

The White House National Security Adviser and the Navy may be on the verge of agreeing to move forward shortly with a plan to lease medium polar icebreakers to fill a near-term gap in the Coast Guard’s icebreaking needs, Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) said last week. Sullivan, during a Dec. 8 hearing that he chaired that morning on the Coast Guard’s capabilities in the Arctic, said he spoke earlier that day with White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien,…

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