Then-Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus, left, observes an underway replenishment with Adm. Giuseppe De Giorgi, chief of the Italian navy, while aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). (Armando Gonzales/US Navy/Getty Images)
Naval installations all along the coast are threatened by rising sea levels and increased storms, Meredith Berger, the former assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment, argued at the time.
"2030 is the marker that we laid down initially because the scientific community and others have said that this is the decade of decisive action, and so we’re taking that very seriously," she told reporters.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth applauded Phelan’s move in a post on X: "Well done."
Secretary Pete Hegseth applauded Phelan’s move in a post on X: "Well done." (Franco Brana/AFP via Getty Images)
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In February, Hegseth ordered Pentagon agencies to identify 8% of their budget that could be cut, "low-impact and low-priority" Biden-era programs, and the funding redirected to Trump priorities.
Programs that could be on the chopping block include "so-called 'climate change' and other woke programs, as well as excessive bureaucracy," according to Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses.
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