An influential House lawmaker believes the Navy's decision to reverse its plan to extend the service life of the entire cruiser fleet will raise bipartisan concern and scrutiny as Congress considers the fiscal year 2017 defense budget request. House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Ranking Member Joe Courtney (D-CT) wrote in a Jan. 15 statement to Inside the Navy there was significant debate on this topic over the years and both the 2015 and 2016 National Defense...
