Politics & Government
USS Miami Repairs May be Put on Hold
Sequestration may force the Navy to postpone the estimated $450 million project.

Mandatory federal budget cuts triggered by sequestration on March 4 may claim another casualty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard – the USS Miami.
According to an Associated Press article published by Foster's Daily Democrat on Wednesday, Navy officials say they may postpone the estimated $450 million repair work for the nuclear submarine that was heavily damaged by a fire on May 23 set by for arson.
Paul O'Connor, president of the Metal Trades Council at the shipyard, said Tuesday that several shipyard workers, members of the New Hampshire and Maine chapters of the AFL-CIO, federal workers and business people will hold a rally against sequestration in Prescott Park on Thursday at noon. Thousands of shipyard workers are scheduled to begin one-day per week furloughs for 22 weeks at the end of April as a result of sequestration.
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