In Letter To Hagel, House Lawmakers Stress Support For 11-Carrier Fleet

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House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-VA) and other lawmakers from both parties have written to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in support of maintaining the Navy's fleet of 11 nuclear aircraft carriers. "We write to reiterate our strong support that the United States Navy should continue to require a naval fleet of no less than 11 nuclear aircraft carriers," they wrote in a Jan. 28 letter to Hagel. According to a congressional source, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget are mulling a potential reduction in the carrier fleet.