Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we sat down in the Pentagon’s E-Ring this week with the US Navy’s top money official, Russell Rumbaugh, director of financial management and comptroller, who talked in detail about managing the Navy’s $258 billion budget, how spending priorities are debated and decided – and also about his views on the nation’s shipyards. It’s an extended interview you won’t want to miss.

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