House appropriators add ships, drop JASSM, cut delayed programs

The House Appropriations Committee on June 7 voted to add one DDG-51 destroyer, two Littoral Combat Ships and one T-AKE amphibious cargo ship above President Bush's fiscal 2006 request, which already included four new U.S. Navy ships. Meanwhile, other programs were cut under the committee's markup...

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