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Article: Report assails 'antiquated' Coast Guard equipment

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February 9, 2002
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Megan ReichgottPatriot Ledger Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard's communications hardware is woefully out of date and threatens to undermine lifesaving and homeland security missions, says a Transportation Department report released Friday.

The report by the department's inspector general concludes that the Coast Guard's 30-year-old National Distress and Response System is "antiquated, expensive to maintain and difficult to upgrade." The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Transportation.

Debate over the new Coast Guard budget is about to get under way in Congress. Last week President Bush promised to seek a $2.9 billion increase. Rep. William Delahunt, D-Quincy, a ...

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