03/09/2010
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"The American military leads. You are the point of the spear. You make it happen."
"I certainly am not going to look forward to a fight in the Budget Committee, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Appropriations Committee on a decision that the Navy and Secretary Gates have ..."
"Is it true that the lessons of Pearl Harbor... is still a lesson that is taught in the United States Navy?"
"Human exploration beyond low-earth orbit is not viable under the fiscal year 2010 budget guideline."