White House calls for more Arctic icebreakers

Name: White House calls for more Arctic icebreakers
Uploaded: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: P416S
Description: The White House called for faster construction of massive ocean icebreakers in a bid to catch up to Russia's Arctic fleet. That comes during President Obama's visit to Alaska, where he is appealing for action on global warming, while also catching fire for allowing offshore oil drilling. Gwen Ifill reports.

Clip: 09/01/2015 | 6m 56s

The White House called for faster construction of massive ocean icebreakers in a bid to catch up to Russia's Arctic fleet. That comes during President Obama's visit to Alaska, where he is appealing for action on global warming, while also catching fire for allowing offshore oil drilling. Gwen Ifill reports.

Aired: 09/01/15

Expired: 10/01/15

Rating: NR

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