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Monday, February 11, 2013

Coast guard commandant readies for reductions

USCG Berthlof |The smallest and sometimes overlooked arm of the armed forces — has been faring fairly well, moneywise.

“It’s a steady state for us,” said Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp in a recent interview in San Diego. “We’re not doing too badly right now. We haven’t seen any major reductions.”

The Coast Guard’s 2013 discretionary budget was proposed at $8.3 billion. That’s slightly less than the $8.6 billion it got in 2012, but Papp said that Congress has indicated in draft legislation that it will add more money, as it has in the past.

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