Let me begin by thanking Secretary Mabus for the introduction, for your service, Ray.
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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus appears to have taken the order to heart.
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The market needs to grow quickly because Mabus is setting big goals for an energy-independent military.
Senator Mitch McConnell, from Sgt Meyer's home state of Kentucky, and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, were at the ceremony.
Nicholas Wiley, a Marine who attended the meeting, said Mr. Mabus's announcement was the first time he had heard of the initiative.
In some quarters Secretary Mabus will be viewed as a man of courage and principle for moving to end the pricey program.
Mr. Mabus acknowledged that the alcohol program was likely to be controversial.
In 2009, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that for the first time in Navy history, women would be assigned to the submarine force.
Mabus says U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a strategic vulnerability that can only be alleviated by reducing our reliance on petroleum as the sole military fuel.
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In addition, she will join Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on the USS Ramage to visit with Sailors and offer thanks for their service to our Nation.
The 21st Century Sailor and Marine Initiative was unveiled by Mabus in a rare 'all-hands' call aboard a ship in Norfolk last March that was broadcast to sailors around the world.
Mabus plans to let the outgoing commandant make his case to Gates for keeping the program on track, and then recommend a different course of action to Gates in a separate meeting.
According to reports, Mr. Mabus stated that the immediate challenges to stability across the Pacific did not stem from China's growing naval power, but the threat from pirates, terrorists and illegal fishing.
Earlier, I asked Ray Mabus, the Secretary of the Navy, a former governor of Mississippi, and a son of the Gulf, to develop a long-term Gulf Coast Restoration Plan as soon as possible.
The tests are part of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus' 21st Century Sailor and Marine Initiative, an expansive program intended to improve the well-being of sailors and Marines after more than a decade at war.
"The new defense strategy will put increased responsibilities on the Navy and Marine Corps in the years to come, " Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said in an "all hands" meeting aboard the amphibious ship USS Bataan.
Earlier, I asked Ray Mabus, the Secretary of the Navy, who is also a former governor of Mississippi and a son of the Gulf Coast, to develop a long-term Gulf Coast Restoration Plan as soon as possible.
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The White House's "America's Gulf Coast: A Plan for Long-Term Recovery in the Aftermath of the BP Oil Spill, " assembled by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, lays out a vision for community recovery, improving public health, coastal restoration and marine resiliency that can begin to restore the Gulf.
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