WASHINGTON - JUNE 27: U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (L) walks with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff (2L) and others on a pier next to the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf June 27, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, and Coast Guard Captain Patrick Stadt visited the Bertholf which is the United States first National Security Cutter. Getty Images logo Getty Images 16 months ago

WASHINGTON - JUNE 27: U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (L) walks with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff (2L) and others on a pier next to the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf June 27, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, and Coast Guard Captain Patrick Stadt visited the Bertholf which is the United States first National Security Cutter.

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