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Defense Secretary James Mattis supports further increases to the Pentagon’s shipbuilding budget because the military is planning to adopt a maritime-based strategy to defend the United States homeland, he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 26.“I believe we’re moving toward a more maritime strategy in terms of our military strategy to defend the country,” Mattis said. “It’s the nature of our time and so I’d be supportive if the Senate found a way to increase the shipbuilding budget.”Mattis,…
