Richard Shelby: “Because it is a human being which you are working on ultimately to help save, right?”

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

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.

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.