Ray Mabus: “I think that ratifying the convention will give us much more ability to make those things happen in terms of free access…”

The changes that we have made in terms of how you treat shipmates with respect, how an attack such as sexual assault is an attack.

The effects of sequestration, should it continue past 2016, would be serious in the extreme to both the Navy and the Marine Corps.

It`s huge. It`s huge symbolically as you pointed out. This was the ship that threatened the Ukrainians on Snake Island and they told them to go do something you can`t say on TV.

We have always said America's success depends on an exceptional Navy and Marine Corps.