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Mar 20, 2008 12:00 AM
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC on September 11, 2001, the Bush Administration created a huge new unit, the Department of Homeland Security.
Simultaneously, the US Coast Guard, one of America's oldest, smallest and least well-known organisations, was moved into DHS and security became the biggest game in town.
Many in the marine field speculated that this move would destroy `our coastguard' and...
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