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.

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,

The emerging nuclear threat that we are facing in the world today leaves uncertain the force structure of nuclear-powered submarines of the future. If we close New London down, we would never get it back. I think it would be a tragic mistake, a tragic loss for this 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.