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Lawmakers Consider Size of Navy Fleet

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Monday, October 29th, 2007

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By Jen DiMascio The same week Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) called for an increase in the size of the Navy's fleet, members of the House Shipbuilding Caucus mulled over ways the service could better afford its current plans. Discussion about shipbuilding comes as the House and Senate are reconciling differences between the chambers' different versions of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2008. The number of combatant ships has declined dramatically since Webb served in Vietnam and since he…

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