Political Quotes

“Mr. President, here we go again, more Navy. Like I said, the Navy is stressed, but we do have a great Navy. God love the U.S. Navy. And our submarine force, like I said, keeps Xi Jinping and his communist dictator admirals up at night. And it should because we could crush them with our Navy, as long as it is ready--as long as it is ready. Well, let's see whom we have next, whom we are holding up next. RADM Robert Gaucher, U.S. Navy, to be Vice Admiral and Commander, Naval Submarine Forces Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Commander of Allied Submarine Command. It sounds like a pretty darn important bill, if you think subs are important, which they are critical. Let's hear about Admiral Gaucher. He is currently Director of Strategic Integration, the N2, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Gaucher's prior operational assignments include service in both fast attack and ballistic missile subs. Who has that experience? No one else in the whole world but our Admirals. It includes service as a division officer, USS Flying Fish, SSN-673; navigator operations officer, USS Oklahoma City, SSN-723; executive officer, USS Maryland; commanding officer, USS City of Corpus Christi; and Commodore of Submarine Development Squadron 5. I certainly hope that this isn't one of these Admirals who is going to be like: You know what, 35 years, I have all of this experience, I am sick of this. I am leaving.…”