This is a CVS, I on the world. I'm John Bachelor. See Power in the 21st century.

I welcome Jim Talent, former U.S. Senator from Missouri, chaired the Sea Power Subcommittee in the Senate,

now chairman of the National Leadership Council at the Reagan Institute,

and Captain Jerry Hendrix, United States Navy,

Aviator Retired Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute,

gentleman writing at the National Review Online on Sea Power

in the 21st century.

We begin with remarks by Politifact suggesting that the Navy is over

complaining about its mission compared to the number of ships it has to work on the endeavor of the challenges

around the globe.

In the National Review article, Senator Talent and Jerry Hendrix identify the four missions of the US Navy.

Right now we'll establish that the Navy is 290 ships, way short of the ambition mentioned in Congress these last

years I believe the number 350 has been used maybe even higher so we're not now

where we need to be and according to the reporting

and the National Review online we have no expectation of reaching that until

mid-century so this is a forward-looking conversation not about now only, but also about the next

generation at sea.

Gentlemen, good evening to you.

I begin with you, Senator, because you have memory of the C-Power Subcommittee at the Senate

where you were then, where you were now.

Can we say that progress has been made or is there backsliding?

Good evening to you, Senator. Good evening to you, Senator.

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