I want to get some of those kids, young people, into the Coast Guard Academy, and I want to get them in so that they will be a part of the pipeline.
You know, one of the things that is a little bit disturbing about these charts is that when we look at completed applications, Class of 2009...
I really believe that we can do better. I just believe our Country is greater than that, that we can do better.
I think that we are definitely moving in the right direction, no doubt about it.
I have a vision for how this can come about with regard to the civil rights program.
total workforce diversity is critically important to the Coast Guard. We view diversity as both mission relevant and an organizational imper...
One of the things that is very important, too, is mentoring.
we have got to produce and we have got to see results.
I want that little boy, that white boy in Roanoke, Virginia, I want him to have a chance to be in the Coast Guard, and I want that African A...
How many states representing what percentage of shipping tonnage are now parties to the Convention under the control of harmful antifouling ...
The last thing I want to do is abolish oversight, that is the thing we need most.