Ray Mabus: “I absolutely agree that the number-one priority ought to be readiness, and that's why we're doing the alternative fuels.”

Because of the long lead time needed for shipbuilding, it is not the job of one administration. It is not the job of one Congress.

I believe that U.S. energy security is a vital component of our overall national security.

DOD absolutely has to take the lead. They are the largest users of fossil fuels on Earth.

I think sequestration puts every program at risk. It puts everything we do at risk.