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Homeland Security

Zukunft Wants $2 Billion Baseline Acquisition Budget; Sustained Growth In O&M Funding

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 12th, 2017

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Zukunft Wants $2 Billion Baseline Acquisition Budget; Sustained Growth In O&M Funding

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul F. Zukunft. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft on Wednesday said that for the Coast Guard to sustain its recapitalization plans and operations the service needs a $2 billion annual acquisition budget that grows modestly overtime to keep pace with inflation.The Coast Guard needs a “predictable, reliable” acquisition budget “and within that we need 5 percent annual growth to our operations and maintenance (O&M) accounts,” Zukunft told reporters at a Defense Writers Group breakfast. Inflation will clip 2 to 3 percent from…

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