05/20/2014
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"Let me just say in conclusion that there were 53 votes, I think, in this body at the end of February in the Senate to not allow the sequester to go into effect."
"Just that the stakes are very high. The stakes are very high on this one."
"If we don't find that solution that is assumed in the budget that the President has submitted, what will be the long-term effect on the costs and scheduling on the shipbuilding side?"
"the challenges of the future require flexible force more than a fixed force."