0703283642E-027 WASHINGTON (March 28, 2007) - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee for Defense to give testimony and answer questions concerning the fiscal year 2008 budget request. In a written statement to the committee, Winter outlined the departmentХs priorities, the strategic thinking behind them, and the funding requests necessary to support them. ТThe Department of the Navy is pursuing an unprecedented

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0703283642E-027 WASHINGTON (March 28, 2007) - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee for Defense to give testimony and answer questions concerning the fiscal year 2008 budget request. In a written statement to the committee, Winter outlined the departmentХs priorities, the strategic thinking behind them, and the funding requests necessary to support them. ТThe Department of the Navy is pursuing an unprecedented modernization program across the full spectrum of our weapons platforms in both the Navy and Marine Corps,У Winter said. ТThis drive to transform the force is necessary and vital to our national security.У Navy

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