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Navy Secretary John Phelan ends climate action plan as DoD cuts programs

Federal News Radio 25 Apr 2025
Navy Secretary John Phelan has scrapped the service’s climate action program aimed at addressing a threat his predecessor called “existential.” ... John Phelan, Trump donor, businessman with no prior military experience, poised to lead the Navy.
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US Navy chief likely to visit Korea next week: sources

Korea Times 24 Apr 2025
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is expected to visit South Korea as early as next week, sources with knowledge of the matter said Thursday, a trip likely aimed at discussing shipbuilding cooperation ...
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Trump Admin Names Breitbart Reporter as Top Navy Spokesperson

The Daily Beast 23 Apr 2025
Kristina Wong, the outlet’s Pentagon correspondent, has accepted a role as the new director of communications and chief spokesperson for the Department of the Navy, Secretary John Phelan announced on X on Tuesday ... Phelan (@SECNAV) April 22, 2025.
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'Pretty unusual': Far-right reporter who glorified Jan 6 insurrection appointed Navy spokesperson

Alternet 23 Apr 2025
Phelan. In a post on the social platform X on Tuesday, Phelan announced her appointment ... Earlier this month, CBS reported that Wong is under consideration to become the chief spokesperson for Phelan.
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The D Brief: More loose lips; Troops get detention powers; State’s coming cuts; Primes’ aircraft ...

Defense One 23 Apr 2025
“Our focus needs to be on lethality and our warfighters,” SecNav John Phelan announced in a video posted to social media. Phelan also just appointed former reporter Kristina Wong as the Navy’s chief spokeswoman.
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Impersonal assistant: This vehicle AI drove me to distraction

Detroit Free Press 19 Apr 2025
How to spot spot AI generated images. Images generated by artificial intelligence can be convincing at first ... The drive would be 70 miles ... “Directions to John Phelan’s house.”. It failed ... Nevertheless, this one's for you, John Henry ... Contact Mark Phelan.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard eyes 1,000 more workers as new Navy secretary visits

Seacoast Online 18 Apr 2025
Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, urged new Secretary of the Navy John Phelan to expand the branch’s fleet of submarines, ships and aircraft carriers to better compete with China.
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Navy secretary says need for new shipbuilding is a ‘national emergency’ at local visit

The Eagle-Tribune 18 Apr 2025
NORFOLK, Va. — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, sworn in less than a month ago, visited shipyards in Norfolk and Newport News on Wednesday as part of a tour that’s taken him around the country ... .
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Senator 'encouraged' by meeting with Navy secretary at Portsmouth Shipyard

Union Leader 18 Apr 2025
KITTERY, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was "encouraged by the reaction" of Navy Secretary John Phelan after he toured the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for the first time Thursday afternoon ....
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Union says Electric Boat not budging on new contract talks

The Day 18 Apr 2025
Courtney also sent a letter last week to Secretary of the Navy John Phelan reminding him of the recent $5.6 million in additional congressional funding that was specified to go to frontline shipyard workers in new and modified contracts.
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