WASHINGTON – Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), ranking member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, on Tuesday said that the U.S. needs to “reciprocate” the commitment Australia made to the shipbuilding workforce. “I’m very pro-AUKUS,” Kaine said at a hearing on the “state of conventional surface shipbuilding,” adding that he thinks the U.S. needs “more alliances in the Indo-Pacific” and “we need to deal with the China threat.” “But I am worried about this reality-to-budget,” Kaine said, stressing that Australia…
Kaine Notes Need For Navy To Keep Commitment to Shipbuilding Workforce
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