"We do not want you to be alarmist. We do not want you to exaggerate and wave your arms."
"The $450 million that you asked about earlier----"
"And you agree with that?"
"Mr. Secretary, you answered Senator Kaine's question about the troubling issue of the advanced weapons elevators."
"Are we going to be glad we went with the EMALs and advanced arresting gear?"
"The problem with the Arleigh Burke is she is full. We really do not have much room to expand or modernize her much beyond her current platform."
"Tell us about that number."
"The minimum Navy requirement for amphibious ships is 38. Combatant commanders need more than 50 amphibious ships on a day-to-day basis."
"the ability to project power from a sea base, a sovereign ship, a platform from the sea, onto either an advanced naval base or to secure a commons area"
"if you lack that capability, then your only option is to bring it from some other land, some other place"
"What were the consequences to that supplier?"
"You guys are in the building business and hardware business, not so much in the personnel business, except that you really are."