07/24/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"About 90 percent of the world's trade is carried by sea."
"You just can't create a Navy overnight, can you?"
"We all hope that there are going to be some diplomatic breakthroughs dealing with Korea, North Korea, and so forth, but if there's not, does the Navy and the Marines stand in readiness to do whatever ..."
"You concluded that you need 355 ships. Can you explain how this budget request supports the Navy's requirement to get to that goal?"