The Coast Guard and Border Security
The Bush Administration has had many policies change or get reprioritized in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Bush's policy on the military has been greatly affected. It is now up at the top of the list. I'm going to look for spending changes and changes in border security. Border security and the Coast Guard are going to be my main focus. The Coast Guard plays an important role in border security and drug enforcement along the coast of the United States. I'm also going to look up my Senator's reactions to the Bush Administration's policy on Border security. I live in Tampa so one of my Senators is Bob Graham. He has already sponsored some bills in response to the attacks of September 11, that agree with the Bush Administration's new policies on homeland security. On an issue like this there really isn't much controversy on the security of our nation, except for what organizations should be responsible and where funding would come from.The President stated in his State of the Union address about the war on terrorism, "It costs a lot to fight this war. We have spent more than a billion dollars a month -- over $30 million a day -- and we must be prepared for future operations. Afghanistan proved that expensive pr
Since the attacks the Coast Guard has had to "beef up". ecision weapons defeat the enemy and spare innocent lives, and we need more of them. Coast Guard forces will provide enhanced defenses for critical high-risk vessels and coastal facilities, marine and otherwise like nuclear power plants and oil refineries. An integrated acquisition program to replace aging cutters and small boats. But in order to provide more money for border security, money has to be cut somewhere else. Ensure that we can rapidly deploy and re-supply our military assets, both by keeping Coast Guard units at a high state of readiness, and by keeping marine transportation open for the transit assets and personnel from other branches of the armed forces. " (President Bush State of the Union Address 2002) This is also being applied to the Coast Guard for the Administration's homeland security policies; after all they are a branch of the military too, and much of the responsibility of border security lies on the Coast Guard's shoulders. So the Bush Administration is trying to get more money for the Coast Guard and they will most likely get it, along with a great increasement to border security because the security of our nation is also the security of our freedom, and that is priceless. This massive infusion of Federal resources reflects the priority the President has attached to the homeland security agenda. My Senator, Bob Graham agrees with the policies of the Bush Administration on the increases in spending for border security and the Coast Guard. Providing additional training--on how to cope with WMD (weapons of mass destruction) incidents--for the Coast Guard's three strike teams--located on the East and West Coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico (each team has 35 active-duty personnel and 50 Reservists trained primarily to clean up hazardous materials) 5. This too shows that Senator Graham and President Bush can agree, since they are from different parties.
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