Richard Shelby: “We are living in difficult times. America's gross debt has increased more than $5 trillion during President Obama's…”

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.

I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat.

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