Ray Mabus: “we won't put up with this, this is unacceptable.”

I would never, ever, ever do anything to lower the combat readiness or the reliability of the United States military.

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

a great Navy is not a provocation of war, it is the surest guarantee of peace.

The architects of our Constitution recognized the inherent value of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.