Republicans Urge SecNav Nominee to Break With Mabus Legacy
Military.com | 11 Jul 2017 | by Hope Hodge Seck
At a Tuesday morning confirmation hearing for Marine veteran and businessman Richard V. Spencer, nominee for secretary of the Navy, it was quickly clear that he would sail through the approval process.
Several lawmakers, however, were anxious to secure his word that he will be different from his predecessor, Ray Mabus, whose dramatic social reforms and tendency to act suddenly and unilaterally alienated some peers and made enemies on Capitol Hill.
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