Sen. King demands data points from Navy on deadly ship collisions

By Mallory Shelbourne / February 12, 2019 at 4:43 PM
Sen. Angus King (I-ME) today demanded data from the Navy to show the service is addressing the issues that led to two deadly ship collisions in the Pacific. During U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Philip Davidson’s testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, King called on the Navy to produce readiness data and called the two collisions "unavoidable tragedies." "I would like to see specific data on where we stand with issues like certification of sailors, personnel on...

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