US EditionUS Secretary of War to visit Maine on 'Arsenal of Freedom' tour
The nationwide tour urges revitalization of manufacturing and workforce, stressing national security depends on American workers and defense industrial base rebuilding.
- On February 9, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine as part of his 'Arsenal of Freedom' tour that emphasizes the U.S. workforce's role in national security.
- A news release framed the tour as a 'call to action to revitalize America's manufacturing might and re-energize the nation's workforce,' highlighting an 'urgent need' to rebuild the defense industrial base to support President Donald Trump's strength agenda, as GDBIW management hopes to earn a contract to build the Trump-class Golden Fleet warships first announced in December.
- Hegseth is scheduled to tour production buildings and speak at 2 p.m.; General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, one of Maine's largest employers, builds destroyers and has over 140 years of shipbuilding expertise, Charles Krugh said.
- At least 200 protesters and roughly 30 supporters gathered near Bath Iron Works and Sagadahoc Bridge, while event officials restricted attendance requiring proof of U.S. citizenship and a birth certificate.
- Site materials previously described the guided missile battleship as around 35,000 tons with crews of 650 to 850, while the U.S. Navy website called the Trump-class "the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed" and officials said in December they are ready to help design the program.
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