01/14/2009
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"I'm concerned that the honesty and the integrity of the whole Department could be called into question."
"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."