[tlb]

You are correct, this article is about the USS G H Bush. I didn't open the article and assumed it concerned the work commencing on the next carrier after the GHB. The shipbuilders three or four months ago began cutting the metal for this unnamed follow-up carrier. My mistake but the point remains, the next carrier will almost surely be the Clinton.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

What a nightmare.

[Brofholdonow]

This may be fiercely debated, i.e., naming the pride of the USN after an impeached executive who also forwarded secret technology to many of our potential enemies. If this tragic precedent is enacted, we should also launch other naval vessels with monikers such as the USS Benedict Arnold, Julius/Ethel Rosenberg, Whitaker Chambers,as well as some of recent CIA/FBI traitors...Perhaps-if the Justice Department does it's job-Sandy Berger and Jay Rockefeller as well.