01/14/2009
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"General Mattis, will these ships require any upgrades to waterfront facilities or piers?"
"would you recommend that this policy be extended beyond its current expiration date of July 1, 2012?"
"I will seek to act on amendments on the floor to try to prevent this kind of waste of the taxpayers' dollars."
"Cuts to our naval capabilities without a plan to compensate for them puts our goals in the Asia-Pacific region at greater risk."