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Haggis for Breakfast

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2. With all due respect,

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 05:20 PM

Jun 2019

The USCG has been underfunded in this effort for years and our ability to protect our own coastlines has been diminished due to the lack of the budgetary necessity of building ice breakers.

THIS is long-overdue.

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Newest Coast Guard icebreakers will be based in Seattle [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP

OMG... NeoGreen Jun 2019 #1

With all due respect, Haggis for Breakfast Jun 2019 #2

I agree, most non-military budget items have been systematically underfunded... NeoGreen Jun 2019 #3