Guarding against terrorists is now job one for Coast Guard.(The Providence Journal) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: June 13, 2002| Author: Mulligan, John E. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

NEW LONDON, Conn. _ Lisa Tinker raced from the front of the bridge of the George Cobb to check a chart, smartly ordered a turn to port, and ran back to her post to watch the 175-foot Coast Guard buoy tender sail into the danger of a full-blown terrorist attack.

If Tinker had been surprised, at age 25, to have her own command, she was gratified by the presence of mind that seemed to settle over her amid the chaos of warring radio and electronic transmissions, frantic crew...

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