Howard P. McKeon: “I cannot in good conscience ask them to do more with less.”

As a Californian, I have long understood the importance of the Asia-Pacific region to trade and our economic well-being, and that security underpins progress in the region.

Unfortunately, the largest threat to our naval forces is one of our own making.

I am concerned that these reports have grown less compliant with the law, and strayed further from the intent of Congress.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.