Buy More Subs, Destroyers, HASC Tells Navy -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: The House Armed Services Committee will authorize -- though not require -- the Navy to buy 10 Virginia-class attack submarines and 10 Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyers over five years, instead of the nine of each type requested in the President's budget. While the Navy was open to buying 10 DDGs, the HASC language constitutes a rejection of the administration's plan, already unpopular on the Hill, to save money by delaying sub purchases.
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My Comment: The House is telling the White House to "go stuff-it". Will the White House and the Pentagon listen .... probably not.