By Emelie Rutherford Saying there is movement within the Navy to halt the DDG-1000 destroyer program and continue building DDG-51s, a shipbuilding panel chairman has called Navy officials to Capitol Hill for a hearing to air both sides of the procurement battle. "I am willing to give both sides a chance to make their best case," House Armed Services seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) said about why he scheduled the July 31 hearing on the Navy's destroyer…
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