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Report Calls For Beefed-Up USCG Budget






By Paul McLeary paul_mcleary@aviationweek.com
WASHINGTON

Twelve of the nineteen U.S. Coast Guard cutters that were sent to Haiti to respond to January’s devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake required emergency maintenance while en route, and two had to be recalled from operations for emergency dry-dock repairs, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP).

Such is the state of the nation’s domestic sea service that ...







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