text: CONGRESS ISSUES WARNING ON NAVY BUDGET: Lawmakers from the Seapower and Readiness subcommittee believe the Navy needs to shift focus to near-term threats from longer-term priorities. Navy leadership said the current decade is the most dangerous, but continue focusing on the Navy 2045 modernization program. The Biden administration’s unreleased National Defense Strategy is likely to focus on “integrated deterrence.” Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) said, “If it is used to suggest that we can rely on non-military tools, specifically sanctions or hashtag diplomacy in order to deter, uncoupled from a credible military threat, then we will have further deterrence failures.” (AC: The invasion of Ukraine marks a failure of U.S. integrated deterrence policy. Previous testimony from Navy leaders highlighted the lack of fleet resilience in large-scale maritime combat scenarios. The ongoing defense sustainment and modernization fights may undermine U.S. efforts at ensuring peace in the Pacific.