On top of the president's fiscal year 2008 budget plan and related supplemental funding requests, the Navy has identified $5.6 billion in unfunded priorities, including $2.9 billion for new ships, according to documents submitted to Congress. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen submitted the list to Capitol Hill days after the department's formal budget request was released, as service chiefs have routinely done for years. As the Navy continues to focus on its new defense strategy and the emerging...
