Ray Mabus
Ray Mabus
Raymond Edwin "Ray" Mabus, Jr.is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy since 2009. Mabus previously served as the State Auditor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988, as the 60th Governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 October 1948
CountryUnited States of America
fewer great history navy ships stood
On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors.
additional costs fewer fuel paying ships
Here are the choices I don't want to make: between paying additional fuel costs and flying and steaming less; between paying additional fuel costs and building fewer ships and planes.