John Phelan: “In the prior administration before the president, we…”

“And so the unfortunate thing is is those bills are all now coming due. Unfortunately, In the prior administration before the president, we underinvested in our Navy. I would say candidly also in the obama years with 12 years of UN underinvesting in defense. And those bills are catching up to us and they're coming due now.” (04:25–04:31)

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