we shouldn't be making changes in the middle of a shipbuilding acquisition contract.
Will the Navy have the resilience to avoid letting the shipyard make very inefficient, expensive production decisions?
That is an interesting comment. Thank you very much.
the long-term goal for fleet size is 313 ships.
That was one of his opening questions, and I did not get to it in my response.
Secretary Stackley, one recurring theme obviously is sequestration.
I suspect that the gap period has led to pressure to maintain the construction schedule at the expense of efficiency and...
Thank you very much, Admiral McCoy.
The force structure gap created between the inactivation of CVN-65 and the commissioning on CVN-78 was the direct result...
Unit integrity is critical to us, obviously.
Could I ask you when you conclude and have your results thoroughly vetted--would you be available either in an open or a...
So your operation force would be, presumably, equipped with some of the sophisticated weapons that are available now.
I cannot think of a more complicated military operation than amphibious assault.
I think the Senator has made some excellent comments.
And let me join you in saluting the Capital Police officers, who protect us every day and today particularly.
On behalf of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, I'd like to convene this heari...
Secretary Salazar was strongly supportive. And I urge you to be as enthusiastic.
I think this is strong bipartisan support over the years for the LWCF.