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By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 19th, 2013

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Carrier Cuts. The heads of the HASC Seapower subcommittee want to know more about the Navy’s potential reduction of its carrier strike groups from 11 down to eight or nine. This budget-saving option was offered in the Strategic Choices and Management Review Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel described to reporters on July 31. “Let me be clear that we believe as a global, maritime power, it is critical that we retain a fleet of 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs),” panel Chairman Randy…

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