how might advance appropriations impact Navy flexibility if sequestration were not averted in fiscal year 2014?
Congress rejected the Navy's proposal last year to early retire seven cruisers.
Secretary Stackley, Congress provided $263 million for advanced procurement in fiscal year 2013 appropriations for a 12t...
So you are counting on a dramatic increase in shipbuilding request funding in the coming years?
The only problem here is that under intense questioning in past years, I asked whether these problems were envisioned, p...
some of us do expect those increases to be anticipated rather than just saying we had to add on those costs.
The President's budget for fiscal year 2014 on shipbuilding is a fantasy.
the Navy cannot 'imagine continuing [the current defense program] with another half a trillion dollar reduction over the...
I do not think some of us would have voted for it if we had known of that kind of escalation, Mr. Secretary.
Secretary Stackley, please provide a revised 30-year shipbuilding plan that takes into account, to the best of your abil...
I do not think you get democracy in half the population living below 88 cents a day.