08/18/2013
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"I want to thank all my colleagues, including the ranking member and, of course, Senator Shaheen and Senator Hirono, for their support on this issue."
"Is the Navy prepared, if they have to, to address the career progression issue?"
"The Navy has been struggling to adequately define maintenance requirements which are key to completing maintenance on time."
"In May 2015, GAO found that incidents of degraded or out-of-service equipment have doubled on surface and amphibious ships over the past 5 years."