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Mattis, Dunford Push Back Against Call To Boost Shipbuilding Without End To Budget Caps

Mattis, Dunford Push Back Against Call To Boost Shipbuilding Without End To Budget Caps
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony on the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense to members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., June 13, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Lawmakers hoping to see the Trump administration put money toward repeated promises to significantly grow the military were disappointed in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2018 budget request, which Defense Department officials say is one step in a multi-rung ladder toDuring a marathon late-night hearing June 12, members of the House Armed Services Committee pushed Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford on why the $639 billion funding plan included only nine new ships…

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