Lawmakers warn Pentagon leaders of a looming 'brawl' over their murky plan to build more warships

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• Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday warned defense leaders that the failure to submit the Pentagon's 30-year shipbuilding plan was a problem.
• Committee members also repeatedly expressed concerns about proposed cuts to Navy shipbuilding plans to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley.
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Lawmakers warned the Pentagon chief Wednesday that he is "heading for a brawl" with the House Armed Services Committee over the Defense Department's delay in presenting a 30-year plan to create a 355-ship Navy.

Committee members repeatedly expressed their concerns over proposed cuts to the Navy's shipbuilding plans to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley at a hearing to discuss the Pentagon's fiscal 2021 budget request.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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