Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. (Photo: GAO)

The director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Wednesday said the administration is pushing for the Navy to get a fifth public shipyard to improve ship maintenance and repair and also reiterated the government's argument for some foreign shipbuilding. While the administration and Navy are pushing to build out a larger fleet with some larger ships that will provide more margin for new weapons systems and have more space to make construction and repair easier,…