The Senate on Monday confirmed John Phelan to serve as the next secretary of the Navy, making him only the seventh ...

Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding ...

John Phelan’s tenure as Secretary of the Navy is likely to be one of the most important in recent history. On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed American businessman and investor John Phelan as the ...

In 1897, President McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt's enthusiastic support for intervention--he once said, "I should welcome ...

On May 15,1898, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt, who had once said, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one", left ...

The Senate confirmed John Phelan to lead the Department of the Navy in a 62-30 vote on Monday. Phelan will now lead the Navy ...

Get to know John Phelan, the business leader and non-veteran who the U.S. Senate has confirmed as the new secretary of the ...

John Phelan (left) was confirmed as secretary of the Navy on March 24. (Rod Lamkey Jr./AP) The Senate on Monday confirmed John Phelan to serve as the next secretary of the Navy, making him only ...