355 Ships? Acting Navy Secretary Readies To Defend Tight Budget
With the expected nomination of the next Navy Secretary lost at sea, Thomas Modly has taken the wheel, and prepares to meet Congress next month and defend the 2021 Navy budget.
With the expected nomination of the next Navy Secretary lost at sea, Thomas Modly has taken the wheel, and prepares to meet Congress next month and defend the 2021 Navy budget.
On Saturday night, as the White House and Pentagon mulled Richard Spencer's fate, he chatted with reporters and enjoyed the end of a security conference in Halifax. Things were about to change.
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
Ambassador to Norway Ken Braithwaite will be nominated as the new Secretary of the Navy, according to the Pentagon, breaking a pattern where President Trump elevates a deputy and keeps him as acting instead of nominating someone new.
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer continues to lay into aircraft carrier builder Huntington Ingalls, as his acquisition chief tries to smooth things over on Capitol Hill.
As the Navy scrambles to get enough parts and people to move carriers back out to sea, it's facing a crowded waterfront at Norfolk.
Richard Spencer was taking no prisoners in remarks today, accusing Congress of failing to fund his plans and spreading "disinformation" about shipbuilding programs.