Despite its vital contribution to homeland defense and international security, the Coast Guard’s future ability to respond to maritime crises is at risk, and the pending President’s budget request will hasten the fleet’s decline.
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Our big deck ships out there, admiral allen commanded them, made sure that our people working on the ground had water, food, logistics, helicopters, all of that will come into play. you said this is personal for you. what are you doing personally? sandbags? how do you prepare? well, andrea, if you know how to fill a sandbag, i ve got a shovel for you. but we are, we re putting i m at the ready. we re putting fuel in our vehicles. we have a generator, we re making sure that is fully fueled. we re insuring that we re able to help our neighbors. we ve got a neighborhood watch thing going on. all of the things that americans do in the challenging situations working together is crucial. by the way, stay tuned to stations like msnbc or other 24/7 stations that can keep you updated. that is crucial. keep batteries charged and do
It has only been a few days, people are already exhausted. you need to understand this is a long haul, everything needs to be done regarding housing, where people are at, getting back to work. getting local companies up to revenue basis for the cities, going to be a long haul, require focus and continued attention. best way to help, however, is support the salvation army and american red cross and put funds in their hands to make the decision on how best to use them. now we are watching another helicopter landing outside that hospital in beaumont, texas. that hospital of course cut off from water supplies. they re not as you can see flooded but the patients are not able to get care that they need, so they re being flown out, evacuated. national guard helicopters throughout the afternoon taking outpatients, some on dialysis, for example. want to thank all my guests who joined us. elise jordan, jennifer palmieri, admiral allen who spent the hour