Republican Representative Duncan Hunter slipped $22 million into a recent House bill for a ship the Navy doesn't even want. Benjamin Shaw reports from Capitol Hill.
Hunter, who's running for president, is also the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. It's a powerful role and one that he's used to benefit a San Diego-based defense contractor.
The money will go to upgrade a high-speed Navy catamaran that Hunter says will help transform the military.
Hunter : It's a huge breakthrough, goes almost 60 miles an hour. Faster than anything the Navy has produced in a hundred years.
But Navy officials didn't request any money for it this year.
San Diego-based Titan Corp built and maintains the ship. The company frequently contributes to Hunter's campaign.
Hunter denies the money is pork for a hometown company.
From Capitol Hill, Benjamin Shaw, KPBS News.
