The Pentagon wants to retire an aircraft carrier decades early, but Congress says that's not going to happen

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• The Pentagon has reportedly decided to mothball one of its aircraft carriers, the USS Harry S. Truman, two decades early.
• The move, however, is already receiving pushback from Congress.
• The chair of the House Armed Services Committee's seapower subcommittee said he thinks there is "zero" chance the reported plan will be approved if it is put before Congress this year, according to Defense News.

The Pentagon reportedly plans to retire an aircraft carrier two decades early in a high-stakes bid to secure the billions of dollars needed to build new Ford-class carriers, but Congress is already pushing back.

The Department of Defense reportedly has plans to mothball the USS Harry S. Truman far ahead of schedule, reducing the size of the carrier fleet from its legally required 11 ships to only 10, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday, building on an earlier report from The Washington Post. A key lawmaker said that's not going to happen on his watch.

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