Coast Guard operations strained by tight budget, top officer warns

Defense News: Coast Guard cutters are only able to stop a tenth of the narcotics flowing into the U.S. by water and another crisis, like a migrant influx or major oil spill, would strain the Coast Guard's capacity to respond, the service's top officer warns. Under its current budget, the service is stretched to its operational limit.

"We're not keeping pace," in the budget, Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft said, adding that the service is still funded below the sequestration-era levels that hamstrung military operations.

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