09/21/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"I appreciate what you said during your testimony. I know we could never have supported two simultaneous wars without men like you."
"I think we should have our air control alert locations, and the Air National Guard explosive ordinance disposal..."
"I'm concerned that the combatant commanders have testified repeatedly about the increasing importance of the maritime domain and their areas of responsibility."
"I'm concerned that the budget projects only 285 ships by fiscal year 2017 when every study I've seen... have said that we need a minimum of between 300 and 315 ships."