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On the recordApril 5, 2016
With both Russia and China really increasing and modernizing and adding to their military assets, one wonders whether 308 ships is really, you know, what we should be talking about.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Questions the adequacy of the 308 ship goal amid rising military threats.

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