Ray Mabus: “My first priority is to ensure that we take care of our people--sailors, marines, civilians, and their families.”

It is important because it makes us better warfighters. It is important because it takes fuel away as a weapon to be used against us.

It is important for us to stay on top of that because some of the counterfeit parts that we have detected that Crane found earlier were critical parts in our submarines.

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