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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard will risk a drop in readiness and become a more “fragile” force to accommodate cuts in President Barack Obama’s proposed 2011 budget, its commandant, Adm. Thad Allen, is expected to say today.
In a preview of the service chief’s fourth and final annual state of the Coast Guard address, aides said Allen will describe hard choices to meet Obama’s call for belt-tightening while fulfilling the Coast Guard’s top priority, replacing outdated ships and planes.
