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Randy Forbes: Decline is a choice, and I believe this new plan willingly chooses to continue the slow, painful decline of robust…

On the recordApril 23, 2013
Decline is a choice, and I believe this new plan willingly chooses to continue the slow, painful decline of robust American seapower.
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Randy Forbes
Virginia

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Forbes criticizes the administration's shipbuilding plan for leading to a decline in naval power.

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