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Admirals have taken flak from lawmakers for allowing presence gaps in the tense regions like the\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Navy has taken flak in recent months from congress over presence gaps in the <\/span>Persian Gulf and the Asia-Pacific, a last-resort move that the brass argued was needed to reset training and maintenance at home.\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">which the Navy has argued were necessary to ensure follow-on units to be fully repaired, manned and trained. <\/span>Howard\u2019s assessment indicates that the Navy&#8217;s focus remains on resetting from years of high optempo and the strain that&#8217;s put on sailors and ships.\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">statements are a further indication that the Navy intends to stand firm of its plan to pull back somewhat while it resets readiness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Navy can support keeping a third\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">about 1\/3 <\/span>of the fleet deployed at any given time, so long as the deployments stick to the seven-month timeframe, Howard said. 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