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Roger Wicker: “Admiral Blake, what would be the cost to keep these ships without retiring them?”

On the recordApril 18, 2012
Admiral Blake, what would be the cost to keep these ships without retiring them?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Senator Wicker asks about the financial implications of retaining ships instead of retiring them.

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