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Shipbuilding t’s a big deal when a U.S. president visits an American “There are some content to rely on ships built overseas with- shipyard, and these trips always send a message. When out American crews to operate them. . . Not on my watch,” he
President Obama spoke at HII’s Newport News Ship- said during his recent speech in Philadelphia. “We’re strength-
I building in 2013, he warned of the consequences of ening American shipbuilding, supporting good union jobs sequestration. President Trump’s 2020 speech at Fincantieri and bringing offshore wind supply chains back home.”
Marinette Marine touted a $5.5 billion naval contract that Today, American shipyards have already started to build gave a welcome boost to the Wisconsin shipyard and its sup- the
