The chairman and ranking member on the House panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security both complained yesterday of proposed cuts to Coast Guard’s acquisition budget for FY ’14 that would reduce funding for ships and aircraft by about 40 percent from FY ’13. The budget request for DHS “sort of defies logic,” Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), chairman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, said at the outset of a hearing to examine the department’s FY…
Top Republican, Democrat On Security Appropriations Panel Hit Proposed Cuts To Coast Guard Acquisition
Defense Daily Staff
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