While Russia maintains a fleet of nearly 40 icebreakers... the U.S. fleet of heavy icebreakers is in a dismal state.
I applaud, obviously, the recent appointment of Admiral Papp as the Nation's first Special Representative for the Arctic.
I don't believe it is worthwhile at all, because there is no money allocated towards it...
Does the Navy have a national security requirement for a heavy icebreaker in the Arctic? Yes or no?
I think that is what is happening here. I think we are going to look back in 10 years and have absolutely nothing.
the answer is no. OK. So that is easy. I guess what that means, in the long run, is why should the Coast Guard care about your requirements ...
I maintain that we were right to not get involved in Syria.
Americans are tired of being at war.
Last month, I offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which stated that the United States should only agree to a com...
If the President is going to continue to send us budgets that fail to pay for the assets needed to meet Coast Guard mission needs, then it i...
I mean you want a risk assessment based on how the world is, not what we can afford, right?