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On the recordMarch 6, 2012
I made a comment about 2 weeks ago that the agony that the CNO and the Commandant and the Secretary of the Navy went through in this FYDP cycle to cut Solomon's baby, to try to determine, what ships, you know, where are we going to spend our money was, I think, very responsible.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin reflects on the difficult decisions regarding naval ship funding.

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