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...