03/20/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"I had an amendment in that said even to go to reduced operating status, that the Commandant of the Marine Corps would do an assessment on the impact on readiness."
"General Fraser, what is the strategic rationale for no longer having a MPSRON in the Mediterranean?"
"General Fraser, was this proposed change developed in full collaboration with the Marine Corps?"
"With $15 trillion in debt, that is a really hard sell to my constituents, that we should allocate $400 million for a system that we will never procure or use."