03/20/2012
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"I am concerned that we continue to move further away from the number of ships we actually need to protect our national security."
"If we don't have the certainty of the 10-ship buy, we end up paying more per ship and getting fewer ships."
"I am hopeful that we can again produce a bipartisan funding bill to support our military."
"If you really fulfilled their needs and met their requirements, we would actually need 450 ships."