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Hung Cao vows to accelerate shipbuilding in first comments as acting Navy secretary

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao has vowed to ramp up shipbuilding in his first remarks since taking over for John Phelan, who was fired from the high-level role last week. In a roughly 40-second “message to the force” posted to X on Saturday, Cao outlined his three priorities for

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Hung Cao vows to accelerate shipbuilding in first comments as acting Navy secretaryActing Navy Secretary Hung Cao has vowed to ramp up shipbuilding in his first remarks since taking over for John Phelan, who was fired from the high-level role last week. In a roughly 40-second “message to the force” posted to X on Saturday, Cao outlined his three priorities for
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