The following is the Feb. 5, 2020 Government Accountability Office testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on the Coast Guard icebreaker programs.
From the report
What GAO Found
ln fiscal year 2012, the Coast Guard-the primary federal maritime agency in the Arctic-assessed its capability to perform its missions in the region and identified a number of capability gaps. These gaps, which still exist today, include communications,...
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