Former Navy Chiefs Assail Trump’s ‘Bump Sticker’ Fleet Plan

Former Secretaries of the Navy took aim at President Donald Trump’s push for a 350-ship Navy during a discussion held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday.

While they all agreed the current state of the Navy was aging and required modernization, the former Navy officials remained skeptical about the achievability of the 350-ship proposal.

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