but i believe lcs is key. the fact that we have reverted to a more predictable cost ship in the ddd-51, will help us increase not just the numbers slightly there. but, also, give us the capability that we need. yes, sir. >> with 2 s csi. -- 21 csi, we have seen as the nation the cost of a hot war, and the cost in terms of people, and blood and treasure. can you talk a little bit, is the key to it looking at the benefits of deterrence and how you put a price tag on that. >> absolutely. i think that there is no question that it is -- it is not -- and it's not just a cost issue, either. i mean, the need to do everything that we can to prevent war is more than a dollar value. it is this cost of human treasure. and so i believe you will see as an outcome of the qdr, the types of capabilities that will allow us to be more in the prevention regime, and that is why i feel quite good about the strategy that we have set, where we clearly articulated in our strategy, almost two years ago, that preventing wars is importan

when i talk about capacity, lcs is the shift that will alleviate the capacity issue. we have to get the cost down and that is something the industry will be working on and that is something that we will be working on. we will ensure that we do not add anything to the ship that causes change to occur or causes more cost and we are committed to that. >> are you confident that you will meet the cost count or what you have to ask -- >> we are in talks about the cost half. my perspective is one of having been a fleet commander-the pacific, saying the demands and the needs and opportunities that exist and being in the position i am in right now and seeing what the commanders are asking for it. to me, the floor of 313 is still a valid number. if that does not mean it will not be a challenging process to get there but i believe lcs is key. the fact that we have reverted to more predictable cost shipping in the ddg 151 will help us not just increase the numbers but give us the capability we need. >> i was wondering, we have seen as a nation the cost of a hot war. the cost in t

he hit .278 in the division series, .321 in the lcs and .250 in the world series. maybe the two most puzzling lead-off guys in baseball this year are b.j. upton and jimmy rollins. both on championship clubs who played each other in the series last year. completely overmatched on a sinking diving fastball. let's go back to the sixth inning, the nats went into the bottom of the inning ahead 2-1. you see longoria, then pena against the shift. then the big swing rob by ben zobrist. >> rob: you get behind on guys, but with zobrist it was the first pitch he would see. then gross on the inner half, it's supposed to be away. hernandez, upton. longoria again. the wall. b.j. upton will come around from first. they put a seven spot up in the bottom of the sixth inning, right now it's 8-3. >> bob: i'm in shell shock all over again. lsu got a couple of runs in the bottom of the third leading virginia now at the college world series 3-1. >> rob: we said yesterday, this is a good stretch of two weeks to really gauge how you are or how you're doing, because it's going to be a test

we made the difficult decision to cancel two ships in the lcs program. if we had not done that, it would have jeopardized the rest of the program. i recently canceled weapons development program that we had been pumping money into for many years and had nothing to show for it. we have recently canceled an unmanned underwater vehicle that was following the same pattern. a lot of money in and no capability out. i will not hesitate to make those types of decisions to deliver the force of our sailors need for tomorrow. more important, then all the stuff that i talked about, our sailors. they are the key ingredient as to why we are the effective navy that we are. for the first time, we have used the all volunteer force in a protracted fight and we are learning a lot from it. i will tell you that the navy that i serve in today is the best navy in which i have ever served. because of the men and women who are out and about doing the types of things that i have mentioned. operating in compensating that force is very different than it was when i came in the navy.

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