Tim Kaine actually said...

I think the U.S. energy position gives us a significant national security opportunity.

It is also a statutory requirement, 10 U.S.C. 5062(b). It is a congressional statutory policy as well.

I think it is important for folks to know that DOD is not coming here and saying, 'give us relief from the entirety of sequester.'

Any reduction of the carrier force from 11 to 10 would not just be a matter of a budget line item, but it would also require a change in the...