
The White House recently announced it “strongly opposes” several provisions related to Navy shipbuilding and retention in the Senate’s fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a Statement of Administration Policy on Oct. 19 that said it “strongly opposes multiple provisions that would limit DoD’s ability to divest or retire lower-priority platforms and certain Navy Littoral Combat Ships, amphibious ships, and expeditionary transport dock ships.” The bill would prohibit the Navy from retiring…