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As Congress prepares to evaluate the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2021 budget request next month, U.S. Southern Command’s top official asked the Senate Armed Services Committee for additional ships at a posture hearing Jan. 30. Grey hulls – or Navy ships – “still serve as a powerful deterrent” and “can also yield multiple cross-cutting returns,” Adm. Craig Faller wrote in advance testimony of the joint hearing with U.S. Africa Command Commander Army Gen. Stephen Townsend Thursday morning. He cited as…
