Courtney: Sea power, air power are key to national security, should drive hard budget choices

By Justin Katz / December 14, 2018 at 11:05 AM
The significance of sea and air power should drive the conversation about the Pentagon's topline budget, a congressman likely to lead oversight of Navy shipbuilding next year told Inside the Navy this week. "I think the Congress has got to start making some trade-offs and some hard choices, and the guiding principle should be the national security analysis that came over from the Pentagon," said Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), who is a likely candidate to lead the House Armed Services...

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