The White House "strongly objects" to a measure in the Senate's fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill that would add $475 million to procure a second Littoral Combat Ship, as well as host of other provisions, according to a recent statement of administration policy . "The additional ship is not needed," the White House Office of Management and Budget writes. "One LCS in FY 2019, when combined with the three funded in FY 2018, would keep both shipyards supplied with...
