Rep. Courtney: U.S. Needs Comprehensive National Maritime Strategy Soon
By: Otto Kreisher
July 18, 2018 4:38 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has not had a maritime strategy that would allow Congress to “look at maritime issues in a logical way†since the Roosevelt administration, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee said on Wednesday.
That lack of a comprehensive view of maritime issues makes it harder to get the funds required to build the Navy needed to meet the growing global challenges and to support a commercial fleet, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) told a Hudson Institute forum.
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