The Republican-led House Armed Services Committee is moving forward with a plan to further restrict the term of planned cruiser availabilities, rejecting concerns expressed by the chief of naval operations and an influential Democrat on the panel that the new approach to phased modernization will delay the upgrades and eliminate cost savings. The panel on Wednesday defeated an amendment introduced by Ranking Member Joe Courtney (D-CT) that would have blocked the seapower and projection forces subcommittee's "Two-Two-Six" proposal to reduce...
