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Navy/USMC

White House Opposes NDAA Provisions For Minimum Amphibious Vessels, Third Destroyer

Tuesday, July 12th, 2022

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White House Opposes NDAA Provisions For Minimum Amphibious Vessels, Third Destroyer

Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

The White House on July 12 released a Statement of Administration Policy that opposes several Navy and missile defense changes made by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) from the FY ‘23 budget request, notably adding a floor of amphibious ships and funding a third destroyer. The administration opposes a provision that establishes a minimum number of Navy amphibious ships “or other numeric force structure provisions, as they unduly constrain evolutions in joint warfighting approaches and associated capability prioritization.” The…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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