reporter at politico and co-chair of the national press club young members committee master chief steven cantrell, master chief petty officer of the united states coast guard and skipping over, kevin wensing, retired united states navy captain and the press club member who arranged the event speaking over our speaker momentarily, information technicians specialist second class janai, john donnelly, senior defense writer "congressional quarterly" and co-chair of the national press club press freedom committee, will watson deputy commander of the national press club american legion pest and john gallagher, senior america's reporter ihs maritime and "trade fair play" magazine magazine. i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio and online audiences on press.org and i want to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter use the #npclunch. as 25th commandment of the united states coast guard ald miller paul zukunft leads the largest component of the department of homeland security. the non-retired coast guard boasts some 828,000 personnel including active duty reserves, civilian and vo

master chief steven cantrell. master chief petty officer of the united states coast guard. skipping over our speaker right here, kevin wensing retighted edretired navy captain. and information systems technician second class riota jenai. >> john donnelly congressional quarterly and co-chair of the national press club press freedom committee. will watson deputy commander of the national press club's american legion post and john gallagher senior america's reporter ihs maritime and trade fair play magazine. [ applause ] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio and online audiences on press.org and i want to remind you you can follow the action on twitter using #npclunch. as 25th commandant of the united states coast guard admiral paul zukunft leads the largest component of the department of homeland security. the nonretired coast guard boasts some 88,000 personnel including active duty reserve, civilian, and volunteers with a budget of about $8.1 billion. down a bit from last year right? members of the coast guard operate icebreakers in the arctic ocean and help mit