Susan Collins actually said...

The civilian personnel system at DoD too often is slow and overly bureaucratic.

If ever the naysayers had any doubt about the value of today's surface Navy, those doubts should be eliminated by the events of the last 6 m...

I am concerned that military program managers are rewarded for embracing the status quo and not taking prudent risks.

We cannot forget... how many adversaries we have and Iran is certainly among them.