would be a tragic mistake for the nation.

While we listened carefully to the input from the local communities, military value was our top priority.

Today it is estimated we probably have about 25 percent excess capacity in our public shipyards,

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

I still don't buy their argument about savings.

Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.