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GOP lawmaker pushes Trump to fund new Arctic icebreakers

By Jacqueline Klimas
Published February 21, 2017 6:55pm ET
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GOP lawmaker pushes Trump to fund new Arctic icebreakers
"Russia is not just exceeding the U.S. in icebreaker production and Arctic presence, they're in a class by themselves," Sen. Hunter wrote. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) | Elaine Thompson

Rep. Duncan Hunter is urging President Trump not to forget about the Coast Guard’s needs in the Arctic as he starts working to rebuild the military.

The California Republican wrote in a letter to Trump that the Coast Guard was “severely underfunded” under the Obama administration, and lacks capabilities in the Arctic to compete with other countries with claims in the region, like Russia.

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