As President George Washington said, it follows then as night succeeds the day that without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.
Mabus emphasizes the importance of naval force for national security.
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But if you've got someone issuing unlawful orders during that time, trying to hold on to power after an election that they lost, then foreign adversaries, they're going to seize on that.
I would never, ever, ever do anything to lower the combat readiness or the reliability of the United States military.
It insulates us from these price spikes that basically, today, the American economy, and more importantly, American families are being held hostage by dictators around the world.
It is clear that the Navy and Marine Corps team offer the best value to advance both our global security and our global economic interest.