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Navy/USMC

Extra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding

Friday, June 30th, 2017

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Extra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding

The Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested nearly $500 million more in fiscal year 2018 Navy funding for an additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), according to a letter submitted to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan last Thursday.The OMB released a set of amendments to the administration’s FY 2018 budget request that it said “are necessary to correctly reflect the policies assumed” in the budget.The LCS amendment brings the Navy’s total shipbuilding and conversion procurement request up…

Congress

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Congress

House Republicans Block Measure To Impeach Hegseth

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Congress

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Congress

No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says

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