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ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHRISTINE H. FOX PREPARED REMARKS AFCEA-NAVAL INSTITUTE, SAN DIEGO, CA FEBRUARY 11, 2014 Admiral Daly, thank you for that kind introduction and thanks to the Armed Force Communications and Electronics Association and to the Naval Institute for this invitation and opportunity. Its good to see so many valued colleagues and friends from the military leadership, the strategy and analyst community, as well as our industry partners. Since joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense more than four years ago first at CAPE, now as acting deputy defense secretary I have needed to be studiously neutral when it comes to the military services. But I must admit that its a special pleasure to address a Navy gathering. As you know, I spent most of my professional life as an analyst working with the Navy and Marine Corps at the Center for Naval Analysis. At CNA I had many opportunities to ride ships, fly in naval aircraft and support integrated training exercises. And, rest assured articles in Proceedings still continue to get my attention! Spending any length of time with the Navy invariably means spending some time in San Diego where I lived for five years. So its a pleasure to be back, especially at this time of year. Beyond the great weather and beautiful scenery, this city has a unique place in the history of America as a maritime nation; a city that continues to be a critical home to American sea power in all of its dimensions. Its pretty extraordinary that one metropolitan area is home to where each year:
some relief in the form of the Bipartisan Budget Act. With defense dollars investment dollars in particular growing scarcer, it is all the more of an imperative for defense leaders to make strategically sound choices when it comes to the militarys modernization portfolio. The U.S. Navy is unique amongst the military services in never having been seriously challenged in direct at sea combat since the end of the Second World War. The U.S. enjoys a margin of military superiority today in the Pacific but we cannot ignore the reality that American dominance on the seas, in the skies, and even in space, can no longer be taken for granted going forward. As we confront the implications of that new reality, Id like to share two major points. First, as the military transitions from a decade of fighting insurgents and terrorists, we dont have the luxury going forward of assuming a permissive environment for U.S. naval sea or air assets whether for fighters, close air support, UAVs, amphibious landings, or for surface combatants. With respect to the Navy, as I alluded to a moment ago, the threats to surface combatants continue to grow not
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