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Navy/USMC

Navy Nominee Awaits Senate Nod

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

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The White House last week sent Sean Stackley's name to the Senate for nomination as the Navy's top weapons buyer. However it's unknown when the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will take the matter up. Stackley, a SASC staff member, would oversee a number of troubled programs including the Littoral Combat Ship, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, VH-71 and the Navy's shipbuilding effort. Stackley would replace Delores Etter who resigned last fall to return to teaching at the Naval Academy. John Thackrah…

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