UPDATE 3-Obama pushes for more U.S. ice-breaking might in Arctic
September 01, 2015 at 21:10 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.