Senate Holds Hearing on Trump’s Pick for Navy Secretary

On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee held the first confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for the next Secretary of the Navy, the financier, political donor and art collector John Phelan. Phelan testified on his views of the Navy’s most urgent problems and fielded questions from committee members, providing detailed answers to questions about specific programs and describing the need to reform contracting processes. 

If confirmed, Phelan would be …