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John Phelan: “We need to bring manufacturing back.”

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Navy Secretary John Phelan Exclusive Interview at RNDF 2025

Published | Video Starts at 04:45

And those bills are catching up to us and they're coming due now. So the reason I call it a national call to services, we have hollowed out our manufacturing base. And We need to bring manufacturing back. We need to learn to make things again. So what I would say to those people, those electricians, those pipe fitters, those welders, those engineers, you are doing a service … (04:45–04:48)

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