We have also committed massive amounts of dollars to the Coast Guard and to enhancing the Coast Guards capability because they truly are the front line of port security. Our goal in the area of port security is not to wait for the ship to arrive in an American port before we actually know what is on it and before we have a chance to inspect it but to inspect that cargo before it even leaves the docks of the foreign nation that may be shipping it to us and to be sure we have the capability under any scenario to intercept a ship should we deem it to have suspicious cargo while it is at sea. In order to accomplish that. we have committed over $7.5 billion to the Coast Guard for border security. Of that. approximately $4 billion was specifically for port security. and about $2.1 billion of that was for an improvement of what is called their deepwater assets. which is really a misnomer. In my opinion.
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