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It is clearly apparent in the South China Sea.

We worked with them for months and they could not tell us where $32 billion had been spent in a specific way.

Right. So they could be separated out if an Executive decision were made on these other areas you're talking about.

If I have to face questions about whether this is a critical firefight in the defense of American sovereignty, or a self-inflicted wound in a rapidly emerging global theater where our competitors are taking advantage of our absence, that empty seat at the table, then I would rather take my naval strategic advice from the Chief of Naval Operations.