wtfdnucsailor (who I assume is from Waterford) reports at Connecticut Local Politics that my friend Sean Sullivan has attacked Joe Courtney, who has been in Congress a little over a year, because we are not currently building two subs a year in Groton. As the sailor from Waterford points out:
I am not sure what Candidate Sullivan is referring to. Unfortunately, you cannot start building two submarines a year immediately, even if you wanted to. Congressman Courtney successfully got $588 million in the current budget that included lead time funds for a second submarine starting in 2011, vice the 2012 proposed by the Navy
The blame, if any there is, for the fact that we are not presently building two submarines a year rests with Rob Simmons, who was in Congress during the years the planning for those subs should have taken place.
I express no opinions about whether we should be building any subs, primarily because my identity is known, and speaking ill of the sub-building business is a capital offense here in Groton.
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