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Biden makes the wrong choice for new chief of naval operations

By Tom Rogan

Published July 22, 2023 2:23am ET

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Biden makes the wrong choice for new chief of naval operations — In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti meets with leadership at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Nov. 17, 2022 in Kittery, Maine. A senior administration official says President Joe Biden has chosen Franchetti to lead the Navy. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service chief. | (Jim Cleveland/U.S. Navy via AP)

President Joe Biden has made the wrong choice in nominating Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations. Franchetti has a distinguished naval career centered on Europe and planning and foreign liaison. But the next head of the Navy, the choice recommended to Biden by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, should have been Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Sam Paparo.

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