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SECNAV Continues Shipbuilding Lobbying in Denmark

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

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SECNAV Continues Shipbuilding Lobbying in Denmark

From left to right: U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Alan Leventhal and Denmark's Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen. (Photo: U.S. Embassy in Denmark)

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently met with the top executive of a Danish shipbuilder to continue his effort lobbying international firms to invest in U.S. shipyards and maritime systems. While in Denmark last week, Del Toro met with Vincent Clerc, CEO of A.P. Moller-Maersk. During the trip he also met with Denmark Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen, Chief of Danish Defense General Michael W. Hyldgaard and Chief of the Royal Danish Navy Rear Adm. Henrik Ryberg, aboard…

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