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Lamb, Brian - Host
MABUS, HE SAID I HAD A LOT OF GREAT DAYS. I GOT TO DO SOME OF THE COOLEST THINGS ON EARTH. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> I GET TO DO THINGS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
LIKE GO SEE SAILORS AND MARINES AROUND THE WORLD AND TALK TO THEM. I GET TO GO OUT ON NAVY SHIPS AND FLY INTO THEM ON AND AT 18 -- AN F-18.. I GET TO...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DOES THIS JOB COMPARE WITH THEIR TIME AS GOVERNOR AS MISSISSIPPI OR AMBASSADOR TO SAUDIA ARABIA? >> I HAVE HAD
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
AN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE CAREER. I HAVE HAD SOME OF THE GREAT JOB YOU CAN HAVE IN GOVERNMENT. BEING GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI WAS AN HONOR BECAUSE MY FELLOW...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A CRUISER WHEN YOU WERE A LIEUTENANT. GIVE US ONE THING GET AWAY FROM THAT EXPERIENCE THAT IS STILL WITH YOU TODAY. >> I WAS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
21 YEARS OLD. ARE REPORTED TO THE BORDER. I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 60 GUYS. THEY WERE ALL MEN. I WAS THEIR MOTHER, THEIR FATHER, ED THEIR PSYCHIATRISTS,,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
FROM BEING AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA? >> THE ONE I TOOK AWAY
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
WAS HOW IMPORTANT OUR DIPLOMACY IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT DIPLOMATS REPRESENT AMERICA. THEY ARE THE FACE OF AMERICA. IF THEY REPRESENT THE VALUES...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TALKED ABOUT THE NAVY AND ENERGY AND ALL THAT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> I SET
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
FIVE GOALS FOR THE NAVY. THE BIGGEST OF WHICH IS THAT WE WILL MEET THESE GOALS BY 2020, THAT'S ALL THE SOURCES WE USE WILL BE FROM NON FOSSIL FUEL. WE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OF ENERGY THAN IF IT WILL NOT BE FOSSIL FUEL? >> EXPEDITIONARY ENERGY LIKE
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THE MARINES WERE DOING SOLAR AND WIND. AT OUR BASES HERE, THE NAVY HAS 3.3 MILLION ACRES OF LAND. WE ARE DOING SOLAR. WE'RE DOING WIND. WE'RE DOING...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BIOFUEL? >> WE'RE LOOKING AT
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION BY A FIELD. IT IS MADE FROM ALGAE -- BIOFUELIT. IT IS MADE FROM ALGAE IN PART TO THE MUSTARD FAMILY. PART OF THE PURCHASE...
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NUCLEAR. >>-- WE JUST
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NEED THE ENERGY. >> YOU
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HAVE NOT MENTION NUCLEAR. >> WE ARE PARTLY
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THE CLEAR ALREADY. WE ARE HAPPY WITH IT. THE NAVY HAS LED THIS COUNTRY IN CHANGING ENERGY FOR A LONG TIME NOW. IN THE 1850'S, WE WENT FROM S HALE TOHEALEALE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
NUMBERS. I HAVE SOME HERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE NAVY AND THE MARINE CORPS. AS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, WHAT IS UNDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY? >> I HAVE ABOUT...
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
PEOPLE, SAILORS, MARINES, RESERVES. THERE IS A BUDGET THAT IS IN EXCESS OF $160 BILLION. IT IS A BIG ORGANIZATION. IT IS THE MOST FORMIDABLE FORCE IN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY SAID YOU SHOULD BE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY? >> I DO
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
NOT. I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THE PEOPLE ON MY SHIP WERE PROBABLY THE MOST SURPRISE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD'S. >> HOW
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DID IT COME ABOUT? >> I WAS APPROACHED
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
DURING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRANSITION. I WAS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. I HAD JUST FINISHED BEING CEO OF A COMPANY. I HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU HAD BEEN AN OBAMA SUPPORTER? >>
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I HAD. >> DID YOU CAMPAIGN
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WITH HIM? >> I ENDORSED
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HIM IN APRIL OF 2007. >> WHY DID YOU
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DO THAT? >> I GOT TO BE
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
A GREAT PRESIDENT. WE MET HERE. WE HAVE MUTUAL FRIENDS. HAD A COUPLE OF LONG TAUGHT US WITH HIM -- TALKS WITH HIM AND WHAT SORT OF CAMPAIGN YOU PLAN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DURING THAT TIME THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO BE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY? >> I DID I DO THAT FOR
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THAT. I DID THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE A GOOD PRESIDENT. I HAD NO IDEA THAT ANYBODY WOULD ASK ME TO COME BACK INTO GOVERNMENT. IT HAD BEEN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
CLIP OF THE FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WHEN YOU WERE THERE. HE WAS SPEAKING AT WEST POINT. I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO WHAT HE SAID. >> THE ARMY
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
MUST CONFRONTED THE REALITY THAT THE MOST HIGH END SCENARIOS ARE PRIMARILY AIR AND NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. WHETHER IN ASIA, THE PERSIAN GULF, OR ELSEWHERE,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOUR REACTION? >> WE HAVE BEEN PROVING
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THAT WE ARE THE MOST FORMIDABLE EXPEDITIONARY FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEW STRATEGY THAT THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED AND AS SECRETARY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
25,000 MARINES? >> WE
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
DO NOT. IT IS 25 UNDER. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT THAT WAS 25,000. -- IT IS 2500. >> I THOUGHT IT
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
WAS 25,000. >> WHEN YOU SAY A
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ROTATIONAL FORCE, AND THEY WILL NOT BE BASED THERE. WE WILL NOT BUILD A BIG BASE IN AUSTRALIA. THE MARINES WILL COME IN INTO EXERCISES WITH THE AUSTRALIANS...
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MARINES DO YOU HAVE? >> TO UNDER
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52,000. >> HOW MANY
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ARE IN AFGHANISTAN THAT LACKS IT? >> WE HAVE ABOUT 18,000
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THERE. YOUR POINT ABOUT THESE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, BUT THE USE OF RESCUE -- WHY DOES THIS COUNTRY SPEND THE KIND OF MONEY IT SPENT TO RESCUE THE ONE...
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE OPTION TO DO THAT. WHEN THE PRESIDENT MAKES A DECISION THAT IT IS WORTH THE RISK, AND THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WILLING TO TAKE...
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THEY ARE GETTING INTO. THEY ARE THE FINEST TRAIN, HIGHEST SKILLED PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL EVER HOPE TO MEET. THEY ARE ALMOST ALL VERY LOW KEY, VERY FAMILY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
POLITICS. SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. >> THE MOST
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EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS MILITARY IS THE PRESIDENT IS PLANNING ON CUTTING $1 TRILLION. OUR NAVY IS SMALLER THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE...
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
REACTION. WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY CUTTING THE AMOUNT OF SPENDING. WE ARE SLOWING THE GROWTH OF THE AMOUNT OF SPENDING OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SECONDLY, OF...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
CHAIN OF COMMAND? YOU DON'T HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENT? >> IN THE LAW, IT IS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
AN ANOMALY. IT SAYS THAT I DO. I DO NOT. THE SECRETARY OF NAVY HAS ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENT. I AM NOT SURE IT HAS EVER BEEN EXERCISED. I HAVE A -- I CANNOT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DOES THE SECRETARY OF NAVY NOT HAVE? UNDER THE LAW, CAN YOU TELL THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WHAT TO DO? >> HERE IS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THE WAY IT WORKS. CHIEF NAVAL OPERATIONS REPORT THROUGH ME. THEY ALSO ARE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WHO ARE DIRECTLY ADVISE THE SECRETARY OF...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IDEA FROM THE MARINE CORPS. -- WE FOUND THIS VIDEO FROM THE MARINE CORPS. >> WITH THE HOLIDAYS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
AROUND THE CORNER, MR. RAY MABUS HAS TAKEN TIME TO TRAVEL AROUND AFGHANISTAN. >> I'M GLAD TO SEE THEM
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HERE. DID THEY ARE LONG WAY -- THEY ARE LONG WAY AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY NEED....
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EXPEDITIONARY FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD. >> IT IS
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IMPORTANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY REMEMBERS THEM AND WISH THEM WELL ON THE HOLIDAYS. >> THERE IS ONE MESSAGE
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HE WANTED TO GIVE UP. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MARINES
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AND SAILORS. COME HOME SAFE. >> THE PLANE YOU ARE ON
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THEIRE. >>
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B-22. >> IT
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE DELIVERY ON IT? >> IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
ABOUT A DECADE AGO. IT NOW HAS A GREAT SAFETY RECORD. IT GIVES THE MARINES AND ASTOUNDING CAPABILITY. IT CAN GET YOU IN AND OUT OF PLACES FOR DECREE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OF FOUR AMERICANS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE NAVY. >> THEY DO NOT QUALIFY
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
FOR THE MILITARY. THAT IS TRUE. THEY DO NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES, MAINLY OBESITY, BECAUSE A CRIMINAL RECORD, OR BECAUSE OF EDUCATION. WE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OLD ARE YOUR THREE DAUGHTERS? >> 21,
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
19, 10. >> HAVE THE OTHERS TO
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THOUGHT ABOUT GOING INTO THE SERVICE? >> THEY HAVE TALKED
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
ABOUT WAYS TO GET BACK TO THE COUNTRY. WHETHER THAT IS MILITARY SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE TEACH FOR AMERICA OR AMERICORPS OR SOME OTHER WAY, YOU WILL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BIG CRITICS OF THE MILITARY. LET'S GET YOUR REACTION. >> IT IS PART OF
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
OUR NATIONAL SELF IMAGE. I THINK THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. IF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN HAVE TAUGHT US ANYTHING, IT IS THAT WE ARE FOOLS TO BE DOING THESE KINDS...
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IS HE RIGHT? >> NO. SECRETARY PANETTA ANNOUNCED TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN HE WAS ON THE USS ENTERPRISE THAT WE WILL KEEP THE 11 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. THERE IS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
KNOW THERE ARE THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ON THE . ONE IS BEING BUILT. I SAW ONE IN 2018. IT WILL COST $13 BILLION. >> THE JOHN F. KENNEDY
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
WILL BE 79. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN. >> THOSE ARE $10
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BILLION AT LEAST. >> AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
IS A BRAND NEW CLASS OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER. IT IS DIFFERENT. THE PLAN WHEN THIS CAME OF WAS TO PUT THIS TECHNOLOGY OFTEN THREE SHIPS TO INCREMENTALLY ...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A NEW LAUNCH SYSTEM. YOU HAVE A NEW POWER PLANTS. YOU HAVE A NEW IT SHAPE. YOU HAVE A NEW ISLANDS. THAT CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNSED IN 2006 BECAUSE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
PRICE CONTACT? >> IT STARTED OUT AS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
A COST PLUS. WHILE I INSIST ON FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTS, THE FIRST IS USUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS JUST CAPPIN THINGS.. IF YOU SPEND MORE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS BUILDING A? >> HUNTINGTON E-MAILS
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
IN YOUR FAULT -- ENGELS IN NORFOLK. I THINK THAT WHILE WE NEED A STRONG BASE AND INDUSTRY, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN THAT INDUSTRIAL BASE AND MAINTAIN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TO PERSONNEL. THIS IS THE EDITOR OF MILITARY.COM. >> THOSE WHO
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ARE ON RESERVES THAT IS WHO ARE IN ACTIVE DUTY BOTANICALLY RESERVISTS, WHEN THEY TRIED TO STAY ON THEY WERE TOLD WE DO NOT NEED TO YOU CAN GO HOME. ...
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THAT HAPPENS. >> HOW MUCH
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SMALLER WILL BE IN A BB? >> WHAT I WAS GOING TO
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
SAY IS THAT IT HAS GONE DOWN 30,000 SAILORS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS ALREADY. IF YOU LOSE THOSE SHIPS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU HAVE ALSO LOST SAILORS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
CHINA? >> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
TO DAY AND THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS SAID THIS -- WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AND THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS SAID THIS,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER? >>
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THEY HAVE AN OLD SOVIET. I MAY BE WRONG. AN OLD RUSSIAN CARRIER THAT THEY HAVE NOW GOT AT SEA. WE WILL SEE HOW THAT WORKS. THEY ARE CLEARLY MOVING INTO...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE FIGURES THAT OUR NAVY IS 10 TIMES BIGGER -- BIGGER THAN 10 OTHER NAVIES, WHY SHOULD WE HAVE THAT BIG OF A MILITARY GIVEN THE CONDITION...
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS A GLOBAL REACH AND RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE KEEP THAT GLOBAL REACH. THE WORLD ECONOMY DEPENDS ON THE OCEANS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TALKINGA ABOUT THIS. HERE YOU ARE 23 YEARS AGO MAY BE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> MY STATUS IS ABOUT
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
TO CHANGE. I WAS REMINDED OF THAT PRETTY GRAPHICALLY AT A GROCERY STORE A FEW WEEKS AGO. EVEN GOVERNORS COULD TO GROCERS STORES, PARTICULARLY FUTURE FORMER...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
20 YEARS AGO. ANY DESIRE WHEN YOU LOST THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN MISSISSIPPI -- AND DESIRE TO RUN AGAIN? >>
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
NOT REALLY. IBEING GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI WAS ONE OF THE INCREDIBLY HIGH HONORS OF MY LIFE. I WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE PEOPLE I...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
CAN YOU CAMPAIGN? >>
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
CANNOT. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS A FRUSTRATING? >-- IT FRUSTRATING? >>
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
THERE ARE A LOT OF COOL THINGS ABOUT THIS JOB. I REALL YMEAY MEAN THIS. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT IS THAT IT HAS TO BE NON- PARTISAN. IT HAS TO...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT. >> RAY MABUS , WE ARE OUT OF TIME. I THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> GREAT
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Mabus, Raymond Jr. - Secretary
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