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

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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 the Navy.

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