Ray Mabus: “The main reason we're moving toward alternative fuels in the Navy and the Marine Corps is to make us better war…”

The civilian workforce writ large, we would not have a fleet to put to sea without those civilians.

As President George Washington said, it follows then as night succeeds the day that without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.

It is an example, Senator, of when you miss a year building a ship, because we missed some years--we only built one submarine instead of two--you just do not make that up.

You will not lose this war. That is deep. There is a lot of layers. And we are all blessed.