Building and deploying this ship puts our sailors in danger and simply can't be justified.
Pentagon's Unwanted Projects in Earmarks
Democrats Press Backyard Spending
By R. Jeffrey Smith and Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, March 8, 2009; Page A01
And last July, when the Navy's top brass decided to end production of their newest class of destroyers -- in response to 15 classified intelligence reports highlighting their vulnerability to a range of foreign missiles -- seven Democratic senators quickly joined four Republicans to demand a reversal. They threatened to cut all funding for surface combat ships in 2009.
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