Senators make budget plea for Coast Guard

Cutter Waesche. (File photo by USCG)Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators wrote the White House budget director Wednesday asking him to spare the Coast Guard from the budget ax.
According to the Washington Post and other news outlets, President Trump plans to reduce funding for the Coast Guard by nearly 12 percent in his budget request to Congress.
Nearly two dozen U.S. senators signed a letter asking Office of Management and Budget Director John Mulvaney to reconsider. They said s