03/22/2010
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"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"But the budget request, Admiral Myers, is $10.9 billion. Is that correct?"
"The next carrier, CVN-79, is now estimated to cost the Navy $11.3 billion."
"The President's budget request for 2014 includes a legislative proposal to raise the cost cap for the first Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78) from $11.8 billion to $12.9 billion."