Ray Mabus: “Now is exactly the time that we have to do it or we will face more cuts just like the type you were talking about.”

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

As the ice melts in the Arctic, our responsibilities clearly are going up.

It follows then as certain as night succeeds day that without a decisive Naval force we can do nothing definitive and with it everything honorable and glorious.

It is clear that the Navy and Marine Corps team offer the best value to advance both our global security and our global economic interest.