New York's U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer opposes the Obama administration's plan to move elite Coast Guard teams from major cities, including one from New York Harbor to Boston. Schumer planned to detail his argument Sunday that transferring the team stationed at the harbor since the Sept. 11 attacks would be an unsafe, foolish cost-cutting measure. The Democratic senator said the proposal also would eliminate the special teams from Anchorage; Kings Bay, Ga.; New Orleans and San Francisco as part of national consolidations.
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