The newly commissioned Liaoning is China’s first aircraft carrier. It was put ... more >The analyst suggested that Congress pass legislation that would require ship naming to be shared by both the executive and legislative branches.
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Bill Gertz is a national security columnist for The Washington Times and senior editor at The Washington Free Beacon (www.freebeacon.com). He has been with The Times since 1985.
He is the author of six books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, “The Failure Factory,” on government bureaucracy and national security, was published in September 2008.
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