Senior Defense Officials: DOD Plans Naval Buildup In Pacific

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The Navy will increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific region consistent with the administration's greater strategic emphasis on the area, according to senior defense officials. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the fleet would boost the share of ships deployed to the Pacific. It is "now an East Coast-West Coast balance of 48-52 and that will change over the next few years to about 40-60," Carter said at a March 8 conference in Arlington, VA.