Richard Shelby: “Is your premise basically trying to take risk out of a marketplace? And if there is no risk, there is no marketplace, is…”

I am concerned about this--what this communicates to both our allies and our adversaries.

The Department of Navy has played and will continue to play a critical role in the defense of our Nation.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.