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John Phelan: “We're behind on every major program. We're behind way over…”

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Navy Secretary John Phelan on rising Iran tensions: I would suggest Iran settle this soon

Published | Video Starts at 08:50

And he would call common sense. Yeah. I mean, at the end of the day, these are national security assets and they have got to build a utility. They are. And We're behind on every major program. We're behind way over budget, and it's crazy. And I think he's tired of the performance and we've rewarded bad behavior and that's kind of what he's saying. I'm not going to reward bad behavior anymore. (08:50–08:58)

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Asserts that major programs are behind schedule and over budget.

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