By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's request to dip its aircraft carrier fleet from 11 to 10 was not granted by Congress in the recently passed fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill, though a key lawmaker said he remains open to the proposal. The Navy asked Congress in February for a waiver to dip below the legally required aircraft-carrier fleet of 11 for a roughly three-year stint--between the time the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is inactivated near the end of 2012 and…
Congress Ignores Navy’s Carrier-Reducing Request, Rep. Taylor Seeking More Data
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