Pure navy bill, it will devastate some part of the navy either our shipbuilding or readiness or something, because the high cost of these and because we dont recapitalize them very often. If you look back in history there is precedent for either making this a National Program because it is the most survivable leg of our deterrence or building another ship to accommodate it. The freedom in the early 60s to late 60s and the maritime maybe in 72 it was increased pretty dramatically to build these submarines. To show you in 76 to 80, the navy ship fund doubled. Our fleet still climbed by 40 because it simply wasnt enough to do both. Admiral green . Senator, first of all i think its a great start. I think we need to pursue clarity of the intent of the congress. What i mean by that is the legal ramifications for sources of the fundings we could put in there. Is it just other Navy Shipbuilding accounts . Is it just other navy appropriations, or do we mean the whole department of defense could
And the sacrifices that the employees have made in the war on terror. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] well, good morning, everyone. So nice to see so many of you here early on a friday morning. Of course, our special guest is erik prince, and we will be talking with him about his book, civilian warriors, but we will also budget some time for your questions at the end of our interview. So i would encourage you as youre listening to the interview to jot down some questions, perhaps, that you might have for erik toward the end of the program. So with that said, erik, welcome. Thank you. Lets get started. Want to talk to you a little bit about your father. You, as you say in the book, you are your fathers son. He was a tremendous influence on you personally and professionally, wasnt he . He really was. He was, i think, an example of a Great American success story, you know . His dad died when my dad was only 13, and he, i guess, became the man of the family at a young age. I remember
They finally did that somewhat with the surge by getting out and getting smaller and moving among the committee. It is tough. I was the almost impossible and i characterize it in afghanistan now. Fighting counterinsurgency with your hands tied as much as they are, i think weve allowed lawyers to be, political officers. The point that you cant drop a bomb for u. S. Forces in combat, yeah, under a lot of fire without getting a lawyers permission makes it really tough for guys who want to extend themselves and get after, chase the enemy on knowing that level of backup is very, very limited. Dakota meyer, a marine, and went back into the hot zone to the rescue his buddies, and theres quite a bit of stink because te Army Officers they were calling for the night in gunship support, deny them artillery support and theres a lot of americans killed that day. So thats an example of medal of honor winner with great valor, got in anyway and rescued his buddies but a lot more people died at the nec
Tea party . Guest we reformed welfare and reduced capital gains. John boehner and i were the ones who were the contract even thou gh Newt Gingrich and the army even though Newt Gingrich gets all the credit. We were part of that reform. The difference is the difference between understanding the government has a role, lets make it work as best it can. As opposed to there is no role for government, tear it down. That is the difference i see that i find frustrating between the two sides. There is not much of a difference, neither side is communicating very well with each other. That is an intraparty issue. Republicans calling other republicans names. I have never been accused of being an establishment guy. Host grover norquist, good for the Republican Party or not . Guest everyone is good for the party and has an agitation towards whatever you are trying to accomplish. When they are not good is when they take the ball and go home. And use it to raise money. That is what john boehner was sa
Infrastructure becomes more obsolete by the day. That means the cost of doing business in america rises. Other countries those at the gap and we become less competitive. Right now, it can take 15 years to study a single project. Nothing gets going. The cost of these studies keep going up and up. To top it off, this bill was bloated with earmarks, freeforall spirit it is the worst of all rose. Republicans turned the page. We are sitting hard deadlines and cost limits for cutting out the outdated projects. There are no earmarks. These things mean breaking down barriers to the worthy products worthy projects. This is progress. When you entrust republicans with majority in the house, we pledge to do some simple things. Important things. Focus on jobs. Change the culture to make government more accountable to you. This is a great example of how we are delivering on both accounts. With so much more to do, its an example of what we can accomplish when president obama and Senate Democrats work