there is no higher priority, if confirmed, that I will have than to care for these men and women who have represented us so well and who have paid so dearly in this country's defense.
Mabus emphasizes the importance of caring for wounded service members if confirmed as Secretary of the Navy.
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It`s huge. It`s huge symbolically as you pointed out. This was the ship that threatened the Ukrainians on Snake Island and they told them to go do something you can`t say on TV.
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DOD absolutely has to take the lead. They are the largest users of fossil fuels on Earth.
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