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House Hearing To Probe Possible Fixes For Navy Ship Woes

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

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House Hearing To Probe Possible Fixes For Navy Ship Woes

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. (Photo: U.S. Congress)

The House Armed Services Committee’s readiness and seapower panels plan to hold a joint hearing Jan. 18 to scrutinize how the Navy will remedy problems that led to a series of ship mishaps last year, a key congressman said Jan. 10.The hearing will examine two recent reviews of those accidents and ask the Navy how and when it intends to implement their recommendations, said Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), chairman of the seapower subcommittee. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and Chief of…

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