Int??n?ti?n?l int???st in ??l?? ???i?ns c?ntin??s t? ???w, ??in?in? with it inc???sin? c?nc??ns ????t c?m??titi?n, s???t?, ?c?n?mic ?????t?nit?, ?n? th? ?nvi??nm?nt. Th? Whit? H??s? ??c?ntl? iss??? ? m?m???n??m ?????i?min? ? c?ll ??? ? ?l??t ?? ??l??-s?c??it? ic?????k??s t? s??v? U.S. int???sts in th? A?ctic ?n? Ant??ctic. In th? A?ctic, th? Unit?? St?t?s m?int?ins s?v???i?nt? in m??itim? ????s ?n??? U.S. j??is?icti?n, m?n???s ??s???c?s in th?s? w?t??s, m?int?ins w?t??w?? ?cc?ss t? ic????n? ???ts ?n? c?mm?niti?s, ?n? ?ns???s th? s???t? ?n? s?c??it? ?? v?ss?ls ?????tin? n??? ic?. In th? Ant??ctic, th? Unit?? St?t?s m?int?ins ? ??s???ch ?n? ?i?l?m?tic ???s?nc? within th? ??????? ?l???l c?mm?nit?.

F?? s?v???l ????s, ic?????kin? h?s ???n i??nti?i?? ?m?n? im???t?nt c????ilit? ???s ??? U.S. ??l?? ?????ti?ns. Onl? tw? U.S. C??st G???? c?tt??s ??? c????l? ?? ?????tin? in h??v? ??l?? ic?, ?n? ??th h?v? limit?? tim? l??t in th?i? ?????ti?n?l li?? s??ns. C?ntin??? int???st in ??l?? ic?????kin? ???s?nts ?n ?????t?nit? t? ?nh?nc? U.S. ???s?nc? in th? A?ctic ?n? Ant??ctic. Th? Unit?? St?t?s is m?vin? ???w??? with ? ?l?n t? ??il? th??? ???iti?n?l ic?????k??s ?n? h???s t? ??n? th??? m???. 

Th? ??th??s ?? this P??s??ctiv? ??c?mm?n? th?t th? C??st G???? (1) ?ss?ss ???th?? n???s ??? im?l?m?ntin? ???iti?n?l ic?????kin? c???cit?; (2) ?ns??? th?t n?w v?ss?ls ??? ??ilt with ? ch?n?in?, m?ltimissi?n ?????tin? ?nvi??nm?nt in min?; ?n? (3) c?nsi??? ?th??, ??l?t?? c????ilit? inv?stm?nts ?s ???t ?? ?l?nnin?, incl??in? ???iti?n?l ????l? ?n? m?t??i?l. In th? P??s??ctiv?, th? ??th??s ?x??n? ?n ??ch ?? th?s? ??c?mm?n??ti?ns ?n? incl??? sh??t sc?n??i?s t? ill?st??t? s?m? ??t?nti?l n???s ??? ic?????k??s.