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The draft version of House Appropriations Committee defense spending bill trims Navy shipbuilding spending by over $2 billion compared to the Defense Department’s request. It would budget $21.7 billion to build 11 ships in FY ‘20, compared to the Navy’s request of $23.8 billion for 12 ships, specifically cutting one Virginia-class attack submarine from the budget request. On several lines the bill funds shipbuilding as the Navy requested, specifically $5 billion for three Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 destroyers; $1.6 billion in…
