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Joe Wilson: “The decline in our Naval ships is a threat to our national security. In the past 20 years, the U.S. Naval fleet has been…”

On the recordJune 27, 2007
The decline in our Naval ships is a threat to our national security. In the past 20 years, the U.S. Naval fleet has been cut in half to its lowest numbers since World War I. We need to push to increase our Nation's shipbuilding capability from our current average of six ships a year to a minimum of 10 so that we can be able to meet America's global security needs.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the importance of naval shipbuilding for national security.

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