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HASC Leaders Want Navy to Explain Carrier Early Retirement, Pentagon OCO Request

HASC Leaders Want Navy to Explain Carrier Early Retirement, Pentagon OCO Request

Family and friends wait on the pier for Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. on Dec. 16, 2018. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated to include comments from Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

CAPITOL HILL – Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) want more information about the thinking behind some of Navy and Pentagon’s more controversial Fiscal Year 2020 budget decisions. Read More