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Brian Mast: If we don't have the heavy polar icebreakers, then we have to rely on others to do that sort of thing.

On the recordNovember 28, 2018
If we don't have the heavy polar icebreakers, then we have to rely on others to do that sort of thing.
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Brian Mast
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Mast emphasizes the need for U.S. icebreakers to maintain sovereignty in the Arctic.

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