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SecNav Touts $46 Billion In Navy Savings Toward Shipbuilding

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SecNav Touts $46 Billion In Navy Savings Toward Shipbuilding
Official portrait of Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite recently said the service was able to find $46 billion in savings to shift to shipbuilding for a larger future fleet that will be matched by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Noting that Esper credits him with finding $46 billion in savings, Braithwaite said Esper challenged him “as a good businessman would” that if he could accrue more savings, the larger DoD enterprise would match that with more shipbuilding funds, Braithwaite said during a…

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