
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he’s "encouraged" by President Trump’s plan to establish a new office in the White House dedicated to bolstering domestic shipbuilding. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the SASC chair, noted he had not heard of the plan to stand up an Office of Shipbuilding before Trump’s announcement on Tuesday evening during his joint address to Congress, adding “it may have been running through some minds” as to why the office will be…