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The Navy vessels will be the first to bear the names of former presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush.

Kennedy; George W. Romney, a former Michigan governor and secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Ash Carter, a former secretary of Defense. Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...