Trump backs AUKUS deal, pushing to expedite sub delivery to Australia
Navy Secretary John Phelan said the ongoing review is designed to make the original deal “better," to clear up some of the “ambiguity” and be a “win-win for everybody.”
Navy Secretary John Phelan said the ongoing review is designed to make the original deal “better," to clear up some of the “ambiguity” and be a “win-win for everybody.”
The heavy reliance on reconciliation to fund staple shipbuilding programs has rubbed both senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers the wrong way.
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., criticized a dip of billions in the base budget, saying the administration was counting on reconciliation funds, ignoring "congressional intent."
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan manages the readiness, development, and well-being of nearly one million Sailors, Marines, and civilian personnel within the Department of the Navy.
Russell Rumbaugh in this op-ed lays out some of the challenges Navy Secretary John Phelan is up against in his quest for the Navy to have a clean audit.
"We cannot wait," Rep. Ken Calvert said. "Further, we cannot expect to grow the defense industrial base by undermining it."