06/28/2021
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"So obviously today's budgetary constraints are familiar to all of us, and some of the hardest decisions that we are going to make will be basically trade-offs between the highly capital-intensive inve..."
"We touched on this already, but the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence does project an unclassified assessment that China will have between 313 and 342 submarines and surface combatants by 2020."
"I am concerned about the programmed shrinking of our attack submarine fleet, as well as the impending retirement of our SSGNs without replacement."
"Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs serve both as a boon to the domestic defense industry and our relationships with foreign partners."