[SubMareener]

The vessels are built by Northrop Grumman in New Orleans.

This must be why Senator Trent Lott was attacking the SECDEF.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Looks that way alright!

[FranklinsTower]

You are half right. Lott is from Miss. not Louisiana. But I do seem to remember a Senator from there also piling on.

[Howlin]

This must be why Senator Trent Lott was attacking the SECDEF.

I'd personally like to horsewhip that little dweeb.

[DugwayDuke]

Don't forget there is a Base Closure And Reduction (BRAC) committee working with a report due in May05. I suspect that a lot of the congresscritters attacking the SecDef are motivated by this BRAC and are 'sending a message' so to speak. Reports are this BRAC will cut a lot of un-needed bases and installations. This will be the first BRAC since Clinton used the last one as a re-election ploy back in '96.