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Luria Says Congress Needs More Information For Future Navy Plans

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

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Luria Says Congress Needs More Information For Future Navy Plans

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG-66) transits into Naval Station Mayport, Fla. in August 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said she feels like Congress does not understand all the inputs for the Navy's future fleet plans and is skeptical of retiring the service's cruisers while trying to expand the fleet size. During an event at the Hudson Institute on Monday, Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) said she is looking forward to a briefing from the Navy on its concepts behind the Battle Force 2045 plan. “What I feel is lacking…

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