secretary gates and chairman mullen set the tone.uite a remarkable position for a secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs to take. secretary gates even before i was secretary made an important speech talking about how there were more members and that the military bands than there were diplomats tammy had to increase the strength of our diplomatic corps and development exp erts to do our part. they have continued to build our partnership even further. they have been steadfast advocates for integrating the 3d's of our national security -- fence, the policy, development, into a unified approach. and because of these efforts, >> does all of the world are working closely than ever -- and because of these efforts, and they are working all over the world as more closely than ever. whether pursuing terrorists in not africa, we have seen that america is stronger and more effective when we worked together. i think we have gone a long way to restore america's global leadership and to make progress on some of the great challenges t

former ambassador and admiral mike mullen. they found a lot of things had gone wrong well.espect to security provisions. with respect to communications within the state department, all of that they made recommendations for how it ought to be rectified. we ought to focus on what went wrong, why it wrong and how we get it right. >> jon: i get what you are saying. do you think rather than the bureaucracy this, goes throughout washington is more tenacious and detail oriented when it comes to the political aspects of their jobs and sometimes less efficacious when it comes to some of the more brass nuts and bolts things. >> i don't think so. look, folks were doing their very best with what they had and it wasn't good enough. >> jon: do you feel good about the changes being made? do you feel they are being made and implemented. >> secretary clinton as she testified in her last week in office has been cleared that the state department is committed to implementing every one of those recommendations. that needs to be followed up and ensured it happens. i work with these men and women

. >> pelley: one rehearsal had an audience-- the nation's highest- ranking officer, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs; the head of special operations, admiral eric olson; and observers from the white house. >> owen: one of the things that i liked after the fact was, i remember admiral mullen coming by and talking to each one of us, and then admiral olsen as well. and i thought that was cool that, you know, they walked by, shook each of our hands and said, "hey, are you guys ready? can you guys pull this off?" and i'm pretty sure, to a man, we all said, "yes, absolutely." >> pelley: the team got several days off at home around easter. then, in late april, about a month after they got the mission, they loaded on a plane bound for a u.s. base in afghanistan. the president wasn't convinced yet. no one confirmed that bin laden was "the pacer," so seal team six was on stand-by. one of the passengers on their plane was a c.i.a. analyst who had spent five years on bin laden's trail. >> owen: i can't give her enough credit. i mean, she... in my opinion, she kind of teed up this w

ambassador pickering, admiral mullen concluded a response would be difficult if not impossible because of time and space. >> schieffer: a lot of people don't know want rules of the senate. senator graham said he's simply going to put a hold on these nominations. you say that's unwarranted. but what will happen next if he does that? >> well i would hope we would have in regular order a hearing and a vote on senator haig expel haig expel brennan and then we would bring it to the floor. i can't recall a secretary of defense that has not least had an opportunity to have their nomination brought to the thereafter senate. the last example was senator tower. it was brought to the popular. it was defeated but it received an up-or-down vote. these are critical offices, the secretary of defense, at a time when we're looking at sequester, looking forward-- looking at crises across the globe to dwell on a trag i think ofic incident and use that to block people is not appropriate. to ask legitimate questions as senator graham is doing is completely appropriate. but then to turn around and say "i'm

. >> chris mullen inducted into the basketball hall of fame.tch together in golden state three seasons there are three of them. the new inductees will be announced during final four weekend in april. now up for induction is gary peyton. the glove best known for days in seattle. he won a championship with miami in 2006. the highest paid man in the nfl is not tom brady or peyton manning. commissioner roger gadel owned $29 million in 2011 during a part of the lockout, he lowered his pay to just $1. he made up for it. $22 million in the form of bonuses. the salary became public with nfl filing its tax return. teach them how to commission. to the ice sharks and black hawks joe thompton with a little actionob3@ç. then, dave bowlen with 1-0 black hawks right now. second round of the northern trust open, sparky loving golf. frederick jacob swon a six under 65. and this is going for birdie. tide for first place at 9 under. in san jose, american john isner first set tie break. this is the end of a 16 stroke valley. he has a huge serve like six nine, so t

so another we have alarms about this, i know admiral mike mullen has been talking about this. but to my mind, and china, lately, they are potentially dialing back your purchases of u.s. bonds. this is important. china needs to keep its own currency came. it needs to keep its own currency appreciation low. you know, they have this and that is important for china. i don't think our officials really appreciate how important it is for china to actually buying u.s. debt. >> in some ways, that's a good thing that they are kind of changed to us. by the way, the fact that they owe us a trillion dollars, it is true that they own us. for some extent we own them as well. if our economy tanks in the interest rates rise, then they lose money as well. there is this kind of relationship because of this trillion dollars that we owe them. or that they'll us. but the point i'm making is why are we not been a tough? these are criminal behaviors. >> the thing that is really troubling is that china is hacking into our big newspapers. because they want information about dissidents. political dissid

to the right of him is tom lirnlg who served on admiral mullen's staff and is now a national defenseniversity. he has written i think ab absolutely fascinating chapter on the defeat of al qaeda what it means and the united states should do going forward in afghanistan. it's not necessary lay popular view among certain circles in washington, d.c. for instance we want to say they attack in benghazi is proof of al qaeda insurgence. he'll deal with that question. and sameer a fellow here the ph.d. candidate m.i.t. he has an interesting chapter about pakistan counter insurgety operations which has been effective. we had our own problem with counter insurgety in information -- insurgency in afghanistan the pakistan military did better than -- with that. i'll turn it over. we'll go down the row this way. thank you very much. first and foremost, [inaudible] on the book and the great work done by the foundation on militants in south asia. it's a great contribution and a great source of research for students everywhere not only the u.s. but also in south asia. and i just actually returned from

let's head to washington for a freshman perspective from congressman wail mullen. what do you think? has the impression changed at all. >> a little bit. disney world and washington is big difference. disney world pays their bills. this is the busiest town i ever been in my life that gets nothing done. i'm used to being productive. i run my own business for 15 years. at end of the day you like to see accomplishment. all you see here is pointing fingers. melissa: can you do anything about it? yell at the guys and tell them there is no way to do business? >> you don't yell. are we here for ourselves or the generation behind us. in my opinion only reason i'm here is because of my kids. i want to leave a better place than what i had handed to me. if we keep bickering with each other and we'll ruin this country and hand our kids something that is less than valuable. the generations ahead of us handed us something on a gold platter said, here it is. only thing you have to do is make sure you take care of it and we've been --. melissa: do you have this conversation on a da

. >> this, despite testimony on benghazi from general petraeus, hillary clinton, admiral mike mullen, leon panetta, martin dempsey, but it's not enough. republicans want to know what happened as the attack in benghazi went down and who changed those talking points. they want more answers from the president. so dana, is chuck, is the blockage of chuck hagel's confirmation because of benghazi, as lindsey graham illustrates or is it because of something else? >> reporter: it is mostly because of chuck hagel. benghazi was, they sort of have been on a crusade to get more answers for benghazi and like you see many, many times here in the senate, they saw chuck hagel and his nomination as a way to use that as leverage to get answers and they did, they got an answer about what the president's role was on that day. but really this is mostly about chuck hagel and you know, john mccain is actually the perfect example of why it is about the man himself, and that is he said last night after he had kind of given lots of different explanations, all of them i think are credible from his point of view

admiral mullen was correct. saying the greatest thing isn't terrorism. it is the debt.to the try care system. can you go into the contractors and defense flag officer. making 2300 bucks an hour. go look at contractors. go into the dod school system where it is costing $51,000 a year to educate student who are just a bus ride away from a public school. this is nuts. >> you just heard from alan simpson. chuck hagel will be confirmed and he will be helpful in cutting defense spending. >> i could listen to those guys and you, john, all avenue. thank you to mr. bowls and senator simpson. >>> sue is here along with senior economic reporter steve liesman. i meant that sincerely. i could listen to them and the common sense all day. >> so refreshing. >> steve? >> you know, i think steve's -- >> i think steve -- >> yeah. >> his microphone. >> you know, ty, i think that common senz approach, certainly down here, that's what they want to hear. they want somebody to drive congress to make decisions but they are not confident at all that we will get the type of decisions that longer

mullen, or dr. fagan, or anyone in between who wants to comment on this. it relates to health care as it relates to children. our child advocates always remind us that in the context of health care and otherwise, children are not small adults. they are different. we have to treat them differently and have strategies that recognize the reality. when we were going through the june-july, or may-july debate about health care in this committee. senator dodd and i worked together to design elements in the bill that would speak directly to the reality. we have one in particular that spoke to the work force, section 5203, establishing a loan repayment program for pediatrics of specialists. -- sub-specialists, and providers of mental health care working in shortage areas. that was our intent. we were successful in that. i am wondering, now that we are beyond the theoretical stage, and we have a piece of legislation which is in place, and continuing to be implemented, in this broader topic of primary care, further steps we need to take to make sure that the primary

admiral mullens was asked what's the greatest threat the united states faces. i thought i would hear a military challenge and he didn't hesitate by saying the debt of this nation is our greatest threat. i didn't know if you shared that same -- that same thought. >> it is certainly an important economic risk. and i think it's very important that over the longer term that we develop a sustainable fiscal plan. no question about it. >> i mean, his assessment was it is the greatest threat we face. >> i don't know. there are many -- there are many possible candidates for that. >> also, i know they talked a lot about sequestering today and we were talking back and forth the consequences if we do or if we don't. the bottom line sequestering came into being because the summer of 2011 we thought we put a supercommittee together that had a goal of $1.5 trillion. if they didn't reach that goal, they had a minimum penalty of $1.2 trillion across the board defense and nondefense. we voted on that as a body. now we're looking for every way to get out of it saying it was too d

starting out with secretary gates and chairman mullen, now working with secretary leon panetta, chairmanme also thank the vice chairman. you have been such great partners and colleagues. it has been a singular honor of my life to be able to work with all of you. to try to do what we can in a time of such momentous change and even turbulence to chart a steady course for the nation that we serve them up. i would also like to thank my traveling companions, admiral harry harris and general paul selva. some may not know that paul and harry had to fly all over the world with me. secretary gates and secretary panetta as well. i am still trying to figure out why they were able to get off the road and switch places during my four year tenure. that whenever there was a problem with the plane or any other issue that arose, i would always turn to them to help us fix it. harry came through time and time again to get us back. i am grateful to you. i would also like to say a special word of thanks and greetings to my former colleague on the state department who is here. it is bittersweet, as i have sai

admiral mullen, general mcchrystal have all expressed concerns that every time we have a drone that mishitsns, we set back our strategy in those countries by months, if not years. >> that's what the national security overseas. i guess, mayor reed, there is also a question about where this goes. i think that ultimately, a lot of liberal critics are saying if this becomes more elastic, if this is unchecked, what are the limits to it? i mean, look at what's going on in los angeles, this pursuit of chris dorner, who is the officer there, the subject of this manhunt. you know, could we ultimately use drone technology to both, you know, track him and ultimately kill him if he's an imminent threat? is that where it goes and is that an appropriate use of it? >> i don't think it goes there if we prevent it from going there. the president's been very clear that he wants to create a structure that informs congress appropriately. but we've got to remember, both president bush and president obama have kept this country safe. and you know when you communicate with him personally, he takes nothing more se

, and i said one of the most profound moments in times of being a senator is when i heard admiral mullen at that time before he retired, and the question was asked what's the greatest threat united states of america faces? i thought, learning about the different hot spots of the world and different things going on and the challenges we had as a nation, defending ourself in the world, and i was ready for us to hear, and he said without skipping a beat, the debt of our nation is the greatest threat we face says -- face as a nation. i took that so seriously. i'm committed to a big fix to the bowles-simpson approach, the three-prongedded template, and we have had a hard time moving forward ton that. now, we have come down where if we don't get the fix, we'll have sequestering. we're faced and the american public is watching us, engaging in what we do, and if we do what we say and fulfill our promises, if we can't come to the financial fix the country needs, sequestering is our penalty. we don't want to penalize and hallow out the force, if you will. how can we fulfill our promise to the amer

we got the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen, to support and we got the secretary of defense to support it. we got a great plan and it will take awhile to implement. we ran right into service bureaucracy. what we ran into was people going, wow, if i put a man a woman into the program, they will be tied up for five years and they will not be competitive. they will not be good marines or air force officers or whatever. we cannot put talent in that program. i said, we've got to put down in that program. once this war is over, they will be lost because they will have wasted five years of their lives, and this war is not going to last that long. this point. we ran against personnel resistance. in every one of the services. the very grudgingly identified a certain number of people and they started putting people in the program. the program was managed -- i was managing the afghan and of it and had people working for me, but i was responsible. we did not implement it as well as we should have. it was going to get better over time. but a certain part of the people who came ov

support to the accountability review board that was co-chaired by ambassador pickering and by admiral mullen. based on the information we compiled and the reviews that we conducted, let me describe for you d.o.d.'s response to the events on september 11. some of the lessons that we've learned and the adjustments we are making to our global force posture given continuing unrest throughout north africa and the middle east. in fact, in many places, if we get the heads up that we need, the changes we made have already resulted in early decisions to deploy additional security or withdraw diplomatic staff in the advance of a crisis, from central america, from car whom, to tunisia, from egypt to mali and others. while d.o.d. does not have primary responsibility for the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities around the world, we do work closely with the state department and support them as requested. in the months prior to the benghazi attack, as i've said, we had received from the intelligence community almost 300 reports on possible threats to american facilities around the world. over the course

support to the accountability review board that was cochaired by ambassador pickering and admiral mullenbased upon the information we've compiled and the reviews we've conducted, let me describe for you dod's response to the events on september 11th. some of the lessons that we've learned, and the adjustments we are making to our global force posture, given continuing unrest throughout north africa and the middle east. in fact, in many places if we get the heeds up tha heads up we need the changes we've made have already resulted in early decisions to deploy additional security or withdraw diplomatic staff in advance of a crisis from central america to khartoum, from tunisia to yemen, from egypt to mali and others. while dod does not have the primary responsibility for the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities around the world, we do work closely with the state department and support them as requested. in the months prior to the benghazi attack, as i've said, we had received from the intelligence community almost 300 reports on possible threats to american facilities around the world. o

secretary, the question to you, admiral mike mullen the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staffat our budget deficit is one of the greatest long-term security threats to this country. so, if the sequester is an attempt to try to deal with the deficit, why not let it go through? >> well, because sequester is a bad idea. of it is a mindless way to cut. it's not a smart way to cut defense. defense needs to take some more reductions as we go forward to get to the new reality that we are facing, but it needs to be done in a strategic way. these cuts have nothing to do with strategy. you have to look at the cuts that come from sequester and the affects they will have on our military readiness. they will have to -- you have to look at them and the affect lit have on our workforce. you have to look at them and the affects it will have on the military being able to carry out our job and to carry out the strategy. are need to have a budget. you need to have a budget that does this in a balanced way, that does this in a way that comports with our strategy, in way that is not just mindless

admiral mullen said the debt is the greatest threat to this nation's national security. if the office of management and budget director can't tell the truth, he doesn't need to be promoted to be the secretary treasury, one of the great positions in the united states, a top primary economic position in our country and the world, for that matter. what does this prove? it proves to me that he's got a political staff mentality, not an august innocent personality of leadership. i hate to say that. i don't know mr. lew that personally. i met him, but that's about it. i haven't been involved in these negotiations where he has been the heavy. according to mr. bob woodward in his book, people who were in there, that he obstructed and refused to allow compromises to go forward, was the point man for the failure of the discussions that have been going on for several years between the white house and the congress to try to reach a plan that would put america on a sound course. now? a. -- now what's particularly amazing is that at the same time he was announcing the president's budge

i was struck about 16, 18 months ago when admiral mike mullen, the then chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, now former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was asked a question and the question was -- what is the greatest threat to the national security of the united states? this is the highest ranking military officer in the country. what's the greatest threat to the national security of the united states? and you all know that his response was, the debt. the debt. that's pretty chilling information from the highest ranking military officer in the country. so what i'd thought i'd do with my time is spend a short time talking about the magnitude of the problem and the challenge and talk about what we see is the source, the cause of the problem and then talk about some positive solutions moving forward and we can flesh those out during the q&a period. now a certainly level of debt, all of us likely have a certain level of debt, which is mortgage or automobile loan or credit card or student loans. certain level of debt is not necessarily bad. however, when debt becomes so large it

you know, admiral mullen had said on july 6th of 2010, the greatest threat to our nation's security isis is not going to be easy. our small businesses know this isn't going to be easy. but they know discretionary spending has to be cut, entitlements have to be reformed and medicare and social security our trust funds have to be stabilized. and americans are up to the challenge on this. >> what about, though, the prospect of closing some of the tax loopholes? this is something that even mitt romney, your party's candidate, campaigned on. but now the president is making these suggestions, and all of a sudden it's a moot point, something that republicans don't want to do. where is the problem here? is it because the president's proposing it? >> no. and i would disagree with you just a little bit on that. we have long advocated for cleaning up the tax code and doing tax reform is one of the things on our to do list this year. and even when you look at some of these loan guarantee programs like the department of energy, my goodness, it is just waste, fraud and abuse run amuck. and now we're

support to the accountability review board that was co-chaired by ambassador pickering and by admiral mullen. in fact, in many places, if we get the heads up that we need, the changes we made have already resulted in early decisions to deploy additional security or withdraw diplomatic staff in the advance of a crisis, from central america, from car whom, to tunisia, from egypt to mali and others. while d.o.d. does not have primary responsibility for the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities around the world, we do work closely with the state department and support them as requested. in the months prior to the benghazi attack, as i've said, we had received from the intelligence community almost 300 reports on possible threats to american facilities around the world. over the course of the day on september 11, general dempsey and i received a number of reports of possible threats to u.s. facilities, including those in cairo, egypt, but there were no reports of imminent threats to u.s. personnel or facilities in benghazi. by our best estimate, the incident at the temporary mission facility in

and the board that was headed up by ambassador and admiral mullen came to the conclusion. there was no time or space available to be able to respond in time. that was their conclusion. >> i know my time is up. but when i look at your testimony or the list we were given on page two, there's a list prepared to deploy. prepared to deploy. it's not deployment of going toward benghazi it. it doesn't seem to me we were moving with a sense of urgency given that we have an ambassador missing. >> if i could help with that, senator. the process, as you it prepared to deploy. when they report readiness. you tell them to move. that's just a piece of the process. there was nothing that held them up. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator ayotte. >> senator graham. >> i would like unanimous consent to put the map in to evidence here. i think it's part of the file. >> that would be fine, can you tell us what map it is? >> yes. it talks about different airbase and navel bases. >> okay. thank you. >> i'll put that in the record. one, you've been candid. thank you. i want to make sure you unde

now, three years ago, admiral mike mullen warned our nation that our national debt is our biggest national security threat. that was three years ago when our debt stood at $13.5 trillion. today we owe over $16.5 trillion. in other words, just since he issued this warning, we've added more to our country's debt than we did in our nation's first 200 years of existence. no nation has ever taxed and borrowed and spent its way to prosperity, but many nations have taxed and borrowed and spent their way to economic ruin and bankruptcy, and history today is screaming this warning at us that bankrupt nations aren't around very long because before you can provide for the common defense you have to be able to pay for it and the ability of our nation to do so is now coming into grave question. just in the first four weeks of this year, congress added more than a third of $1 trillion of new spending to this already-crushing burden. the fiscal cliff deal added $300 billion, and the hurricane sandy bill another $50 billion, more than 90% of which had nothing to do with emergency relief for storm victims.

partnership that the state department has forms with the pentagon first with bob gates and then mike mullen and then leon panetta and marty dempsey. by the same token america's traditional allies and friends in europe and east asia remains a valuable partners on nearly everything we do and we have spent considerable energy strengthening those bonds over the past four years. and i would be quick to add the u.n., the imf and the world bank and nato are also still essential. but all of our institutions and our relationships need to be modernized, and complemented by new institutions, relationships and partnerships that are tailored for new challenges and modeled to the needs of a variable landscape. like how we elevated the g20 during the financial crisis or created the climate and clean air coalition out of the state department to fight short-lived pollutants like black carbon or work with partners like turkey, where the two listed up the first global counterterrorism form. we are also working more than ever with invigorated regional organizations. consider the african union in somalia and th

i was struck at 16-18 months ago when admiral mike mullen, then chairman of the joints chiefs of staff was asked a question, and the question was "what is the greatest threat to the national security of the united states?" the highest ranking military officer in the country, what's the greatest threat to the national security of the united states? you know his response was the debt. the debt. that's chilling information from the highest ranking military officer in the country so what i thought i'd do with my time, few minutes here, is spend time talking about the magnitude of the problem we have, what we see as the source and cause of the problem and have positive solutions moving forward and flush those out during the q&a period. now, certain level of debt, all of you know, all of us likely have a level of debt whether it's mortgage or automobile loan or credit card or student loans, certain level of debt is not necessarily bad; however, when debt becomes so large that it is all consuming, and i would suggest that we're close to that, it becomes destructive. level of debt right now fo

mullen, for five minutes. -- mr. mullin, for five minutes. mr. mullin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mullin: i began running a business when i was only 20 years old. back then if you worked hard and followed the rules you had a pretty good shot of getting ahead. today, it seems the deck is increasingly stacked against those who pursue their own dreams, especially if you're a business owner. more and more businesses are faced with consistent uncertainty from washington's not dealing with the regulations. it's a cloud of doubt that's been cast over the entire economy. for most business owners it's a daily struggle just to keep the doors open in large part because the government itself is a consistent obstacle. the national federation of independent businesses recently released figures from december indicating the mood of businesses is at a recession level. 70% of business owners that were surveyed identified the current environment as a bad time to expand and

. >> look, i actually think admiral mullen had it about right when he said the biggest national securitythe long term is the deficit. you've got to deal with it. that's going to affect the military not just today, tomorrow but indefinitely. you know, having said that, again, i would much prefer not to do this. we have taken a half trillion dollars out of defense already. the commander in chief ought to be at the table with us negotiating about how to redo these consuuts. we can do that. he's not been there, has not laid out a proposal which is amazing to me. last year in may and again in december, we passed ways to deal with this without cutting defense. the senate never took them up. the president never responded to our request to negotiate, so here we are. at the end of the day, you have to start getting this budget into balance. and i think republicans, it's a blunt instrument, but it's the only one in hand. and if this is what we have to do, we'll do it. and then we'll try and rejigger the cuts, if you will, without lowering the amount being cut in the continuing resolution toward th

when i first came to the senate, i was in the armed services committee and admiral mullen was asked what's the greatest threat the united states faces. i thought i would hear some military challenge. he didn't even hesitate by saying the debt of this nation is our greatest threat. i don't know if you shared that same thought. >> it is certainly an important economic risk, and i think it's very important that over the longer term that we develop a sustainable fiscal plan. no question about it. >> his assessment was it was the greatest threat we face. >> i don't know. there are many possible candidates for that. >> also, i know they talked a lot about sequestering today and we were talking back and forth, the consequences if we do and if we don't. the bottom line, sequestering came in to being because in 2011, summer 2011, we thought we put a supercommittee together. if they didn't reach the goal they had a minimum penalty of $1.2 trillion across the board in defense and nondefense. us being -- we voted on that as a body. now we're looking for a way to get out of that saying it was too draco

if you listen to adam ramallah, the former chair of the -- admiral mullen, the former chair, the biggest threat to the cities is national debt. it'll be good to have a group of adults that have come up with a plan to address this issue. we put forward budgets that show the american people how to balance a budget. we will do so again this year. we challenge the senate democrats to do the same. they have not prepared a budget in for years. we of the president takes off his superman kate and -- cape and scent of a serious plan. serious times require serious planning. >> we are the minority party in washington. we are the majority in the house, but we do not control the senate and the white house, because one of the responsibilities of the minority party is to hold a majority toecap and provide a contrast. two weeks ago we passed a bill to force the senate to adopt a budget, to hold them to account, and allow for a contrast for the american people to see. this week i am pleased to join the leadership in putting forward the require a plan act that requires the president to put a plan in place

if we don't get our spending under control as admiral mullen says the single largest threat to nationalthe biggest threat we face. if we don't get these things in order cop out, bad policy like sequestration that guts our military and navy fleet and guts our marine corps and army in a a way we can't afford in a dangerous world. at the same time we have to recognize we better get our spending under control. dod can contribute to that by cutting fat. being smarter how it spends the dollars it does have. ultimately we have got to find courage in washington to get it under control. >> you mentioned gutting our fleet. what's going to happen in something happens in north north korea. >> let's ships, training, and therefore less deploimentsd. these carrier groups are not going to be able to get out to be where they need to be and do what they need to do if they don't have the money on the front end. that is what you will see down the line. navy project power. 70% of the world is water. 80% live near water. this is how america projects power. if we allow i'm an army guy. we need our navy. and w