Ray Mabus: “Because of the long lead time needed for shipbuilding, it is not the job of one administration. It is not the job of one…”

I think sequestration puts every program at risk. It puts everything we do at risk.

It is important for us to stay on top of that because some of the counterfeit parts that we have detected that Crane found earlier were critical parts in our submarines.

I would never, ever, ever do anything to lower the combat readiness or the reliability of the United States military.

As the ice melts in the Arctic, our responsibilities clearly are going up.