House Hearing On Surface Fleet Readiness

On July 28, 2010, the House Armed Services readiness and seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittees held a joint hearing on surface fleet readiness. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, opening statements by readiness Chairman Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) and Ranking Member Randy Forbes (R-VA) and seapower and expeditionary forces subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-MS) as well as joint prepared testimony from Fleet Forces Command chief Navy Adm. John Harvey, Naval Sea Systems Command chief Navy Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Readiness and Logistics (N4) Navy Vice Adm. William Burke.