02/28/2011
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"I certainly understand resource issues, but from our standpoint, too, we need to be making the argument about where the resources need to be."
"I have always been a proponent to say that strategy needs to drive budget, not budget driving strategy."
"I believe our ship capability is the cornerstone of this Nation's defense structure."
"The requirement is 38 amphibious ships. The Navy and the Marine Corps for several years have agreed that the 33 is a fiscally constrained requirement."