We absolutely have to maintain the industrial base we have, and the shipyards in your area, the other shipyards we deal with, are extremely important to our ability to respond to the needs that we have.
Panetta stresses the importance of maintaining shipyards for national defense.
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It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.
It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.
Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.
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