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On the recordMarch 19, 2018
We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against our enemies while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman quotes Admiral Nimitz on the historical significance of submarines.

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