"Lead in the water, completely unacceptable; children swimming in lakes polluted by raw sewage, absolutely unacceptable anywhere."
"Our sailors and marines are at the forefront of our rebalance to Asia, our ongoing operations against the Islamic State, our responses to a resurgent Russia, and efforts to deter rogue states such as ..."
"The vitality of the 30-year shipbuilding plan is essential to the strength of our shipbuilding industrial base."
"To what extent did that help us accelerate based on last year's congressional action?"
"There is additional acceleration that could be had if we work together and are smart?"
"What if anything could we do in the NDAA this year to further accelerate?"
"You should not have to wait until right before deployment to get yourself up to speed to be ready to go. You would expect the Marine Corps to be ready tonight."
"Do you believe that field artillery should also be a modernization focus area for the Marines?"
"Can you discuss the extent to which the Marine Corps is with experimenting with smaller and more independent units in a more distributed geographic manner?"
"The support of the Congress for these critical ships is appreciated and must continue for the Marine Corps to meet the Nation's needs."
"G/ATOR is a complex and multifunctional piece of equipment, replacing five legacy radar systems."