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On the recordApril 25, 2013
The requirement is 38 amphibious ships. The Navy and the Marine Corps for several years have agreed that the 33 is a fiscally constrained requirement.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman discusses the current shortfall in amphibious ship requirements.

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