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On the recordOctober 24, 2012
The broader point is -- I don't know how many times we dip below 1916, but there is a broader point, Anderson, and that is if the Defense Department says in their 'Quadrennial Review' which is the bible that we need 346 ships and today we've only got 287, and the president at least infers that whether it's technology or anything else, that we still don't need any more, that's factually incorrect.

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Bob McDonnell argues that the current number of Navy ships is insufficient according to the Defense Department's needs.

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