01/20/2015
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"the history of cost growth in lead ship construction is one in which quite often a lot of that cost growth has occurred in the final stages"
"I think it is important if we are at war to define in the clearest, most precise terms what victory looks like."
"if you get a 10 percent reduction in the cost of each ship in a 12-boat program, then you are getting a little bit more than one of the 12 boats in that program for, quote, unquote, 'free.'"
"I think we owe that to our service members. I think we owe that to ourselves."