06/01/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"The bipartisan National Security Supplemental that the Senate passed more than 2 months ago includes more than $3 billion to bolster the submarine industrial base."
"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 months."
"We cannot forget... how many adversaries we have and Iran is certainly among them."
"China's Navy continues its explosive growth from more than 370 ships today to 435 by the year 2030."