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Key Lawmakers Not Sold On Navy DDG-1000, DDG-51 Destroyer Change

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By Emelie Rutherford Key lawmakers on defense panels said yesterday they were not sold on the Navy's new plan to stop the DDG-1000 destroyer program at the two ships already funded and build more of the older and cheaper DDG-51 combatants. Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) said Tuesday he supports continuing to build DDG-1000s. After news spread late Tuesday afternoon on Capitol Hill that the Navy wants to halt production of the destroyers, Inouye said support for…

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