Waxman raps Coast Guard's upgrade effort
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The chairman of a House investigative committee charged Thursday that the Coast Guard's $24 billion program to modernize its aging fleet has produced only "a series of lemons."
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Government auditors yesterday reported that several patrol boats built for the Coast Guard did not meet design standards, confirming complaints lodged by a former Lockheed Martin whistle-blower who aired his concerns on the popular Web site YouTube.
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The largest Maine National Guard unit serving in Iraq doesn&#39;t have the same concerns about equipment and policies expressed to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week.
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By Jim Hodges, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 28--FORT MONROE -- Though the future of Fort Monroe is uncertain, one aspect became clearer Wednesday when a federal contract to rebuild the seawall and replenish the beach was awarded to a Virginia Beach construction firm.
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Reacting to criticism that the United States has not provided the right equipment to Iraqi security forces, the Multi-National Command in Baghdad has been seeking a contractor to put armor on 1,300 American-made SUVs and pickup trucks used by the Iraqi National Police.
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Military officials said Thursday they were working hard to upgrade the armor on Army vehicles in Iraq, a day after a soldier had pressed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the subject. President Bush said, "The concerns expressed are being addressed."
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Under fire from troops who complain they are being sent to war in Iraq with inadequate gear, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld promised Thursday that more would be done to protect forces.
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Maj. Gen. Carter F. Ham has been placed in charge of an effort to better train the soldiers who are training IraqÂs military.
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By Detroit Free Press  Sep. 13--It's well and good that the U.S. Coast Guard has extended the comment period on its proposed target practice zones around the Great Lakes.
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The homeland security secretary said the increase were tied to efforts to stop smuggling and illegal immigration.
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The United States is better prepared  to deal with a major disaster like Hurricane Katrina, which  devastated the Gulf region in 2005, but still lacks a formal  structure for coordinating a national response, the head of the  U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
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By Dan Lamothe, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 27--The Coast Guard plans to take no action to clean up the first of seven contaminated sites at its yard on Curtis Bay.
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By Lauren Roth, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 13--NORFOLK -- Brick Hill wasn't much of a museum guy. Until a few weeks ago, the 14-year-old freshman would rather dash home to take apart a CB radio or build a boat frame with his dad.
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With the weather improving Sunday, the Coast Guard planned for a helicopter to lower a salvage team to a soybean freighter that broke in two off Alaska's coast &#151; a key step toward cleaning up a destructive, oily mess stretching for miles from the vessel.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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GRAND MANAN, New Brunswick -- The Canadian Coast Guard showed its flag and some muscle yesterday as it patrolled the Bay of Fundy near a tiny island claimed by both Canada and the United States.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 5--The U.S. Navy must train its crews and pilots in the latest weaponry and keep them at a high level of readiness.