Guests: Matthew Paxton , president of the Shipbuilders Council of America; Rep. Rob Wittman , R-Va.; Ret. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler , senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation; And Ret. Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery , senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Sources and additional reading: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress ( PDF ); U.S. Navy budget materials ; " Navy adds $1B to unconventional effort to boost sub production ," by Lauren Williams, reporting Sept. 2024; Defense Department's 2024 Defense Industrial Base strategy ; And " Restoring Our Maritime Strength: An agenda for the next president's first hundred days ," by Brent Sadler and Jerry Hendrix, writing in the National Review in late October.
