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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, helps to adjusts the artist rendition of the USS Gabrielle Giffords, during an unveiling ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering...

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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, and former Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, right, watch as the artist rendition of the USS Gabrielle Giffords is unveiled upside-down, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, during a ceremony at the Pentagon.

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From left; Former Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. , her husband Mark Kelly, and Roxanna Green, obscured, the mother of the nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green who was killed while attending the meeting of...

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CAMP PENDLETON, CA- JANUARY 17: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus (L) presents the Navy Cross for Bravery to Jim Hogan (R) and Carla Hogan for their son Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan, January 17, 2012 in Camp Pendleton, California. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus gave the Navy Cross for Bravery to the...

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CAMP PENDLETON, CA- JANUARY 17: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is escorted to his seat before presenting the Navy Cross for Bravery to the family of Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan January 17, 2012 in Camp Pendleton, California. Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan was killed Aug. 26, 2009, by a buried explosive...

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus talks about new programs being instituted to help war veterans re-enter society during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, left, presents the Navy Cross posthumously to the parents of Lance Cpl. Donald J. Hogan, as Hogan's mother, Carla Hogan, wipes tears and father, James Hogan, looks on at a ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Hogan was killed in...

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, center, is followed by Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, left, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in Cam Pendleton, Calif. as they arrive for a ceremony in which Mabus presented the Navy Cross posthumously to the parents of Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan, who was killed...

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President Barack Obama talks to Michael Hancock, Mayor of Denver, left, as Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy, back left and Michael Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, right, watch. after arriving at Buckley Air Force Base to address key Democrats and members of the military, Thursday, Jan....

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus points to other honored guests on the speaking platform as he speaks at the christening of the Virginia Class submarine Mississippi (SSN-782) at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. , Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT: Abigail...

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, left, waves to an audience before christening the U.S. Navy's newest supply ship, the USNS Medgar Evers, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in San Diego.

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, left, waves to an audience alongside Rear Admiral Mark Buzby, right, before christening the U.S. Navy's newest supply ship, the USNS Medgar Evers, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in San Diego.

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SAN DIEGO, CA - NOVEMBER 10: Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks to sailors before the North Carolina Tar Heels practiced for the Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game aboard the USS Carl Vinson on November 10, 2011 in San Diego, California. The North Carolina Tar Heels and...

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, shares a laugh with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, center, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos, right, before an NCAA college football game between Air Force and Navy, Saturday, Oct 1, 2011, in Annapolis, Md.

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MILWAUKEE, WI - SEPTEMBER 13: U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus throws out the ceremonial first pitch as Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett looks on prior to the game between the Colorado Rockies against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on September 13, 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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CAMP PENDLETON, CA- JANUARY 17: Carla (right) and Jim Hogan, mother and father of Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan are escorted to their seats before receiving the Navy Cross for Bravery by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus January 17, 2012 in Camp Pendleton, California. Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan was...

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Carl Clark, 95, shows off the prestigious Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device, top in green, and the Purple Heart, in purple below, during a ceremony with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif. , Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012,...

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CORRECTS RANK TO STEWARD FIRST CLASS - Carl Clark, 95, salutes as he is presented the prestigious Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device during a ceremony with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif. , Tuesday, Jan. 17,...

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James Hogan, back right, and his wife, Carla Hogan, are escorted by United States Marines Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. as they arrive for a ceremony where the received the Navy Cross posthumously from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus for their son, Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan,...

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National Parks Historian Daniel Martinez, right, point out names on the memorial wall to U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus aboard the USS Arizona Memorial, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack that brought the U.S....

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Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (C) holds up a Navy football jersey given to her by U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (L) with her husband Ed at her side in front of a model of the newly-named aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy during a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts...

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Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (C) stands in front of a model of the newly-named aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy with U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (L) and her husband Ed Schlossberg during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts May 29, 2011.

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U.S. Secretary of the Army John McHugh (from 2nd L-R), Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Commander of the National Capital Medicine Joint Task Force U.S. Navy Vice Admiral John Mateczun participate in the dedication ceremony at the Walter...

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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, and Yale President Richard Levin, right, smile after signing an agreement that establishes the Naval ROTC's formal presence at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. , Thursday, May 26, 2011. Yale has agreed to bring back the ROTC for the first time in...

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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, speaks as Yale President Richard Levin, right, looks on at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. , Thursday, May 26, 2011. Yale has agreed to bring back the ROTC for the first time in decades after Congress voted to allow gays to serve openly in the military.