Ronald Reagan’s Sec. of the Navy, John Lehman, said on IN Your Head Radio yesterday that he supports John McCain because the Arizona senator understands the danger that terrorism to our nation’s and the world’s security.
“John won’t need any time to catch up on the issues when he is elected president. This isn’t the time for amateurs.”
At age 40, Lehman was appointed Sec. of Navy by Reagan. He led the “600-ship” initiative for Reagan and said that McCain led the effort in the U.S. Senate to get the funding for the program. Today the US Navy only has 289 ships and submarines. Of this number some 69 ships (24%) are underway (away from port), 85 (29%) are on deployment (ported outside the U.S.), 8 submarines (16%) are underway, and 7 (14%) are deployed.
Lehnam is another of a long list of Reagan Administration alumni who are supporting McCain:
Grant Aldonas Stanton D. Anderson
Richard V. Allen
Mary Jo Arndt
William L. Ball III
Ralph Benko
Charles R. Black, Jr.
Judy A. Black
Otis Bowen, M.D.
Ellen Bradley
James H. Burnley IV
Gahl Hodges Burt
Richard Burt
Mark Buse
Frank Cannon
David Chew
Nancy Christy
James W. Cicconi
Former Senator Dan Coats
Chuck Cobb
Carol Crawford
Ron Crawford
Tim Crawford
Dan L. Crippen
Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.
Richard H. Davis
Mimi Dawson
Rhett Dawson
Stephen I. Danzansky
Frank J. Donatelli
Rebecca Donatelli
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Marlin Fitzwater
Melinda A. Fitzwater
Alison B. Fortier
HP Goldfield
Mark Holman
Janet Mullins Grissom
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Janet Hale
Bryce L. Harlow
Robert Heckman
Warren K. Hendriks, Jr.
Governor Jon Huntsman
Former Governor Frank Keating
Gen. P.X. Kelley
Nancy Kennedy
Bobbie Kilberg
William J. Kilberg
Ann Korologos
Carole Kuhn
Jim Kuhn
Christian Josi
Chris Lehman
John F. Lehman, Jr.
James Lake
Thomas G. Loeffler
Peter Madigan
Fred Malek
Robert C. McFarlane
Robert A. Mosbacher Sr.
Timothy J. Muris
J. Bonnie Newman
Trevor Potter
Anthony J. Principi
William Bradford Reynolds
James Roberts
Patricia O’Connor Roberts
Peter Rodman
John Rogers
Sig Rogich
Nancy Risque Rohrbach
Gen. Ed Rowny
Mark Salter
George Sawyer
Craig Shirley
Zorine Shirley
George P. Shultz
Pamela Stevens
William F. Sittman
Bernie Streeter
Orson G. Swindle III
Lance Tarrance
Mike Thompson
Carol Townsend
Pamela J. Turner
Margaret Tutwiler
Peter Wallison
John Whitehead
Lanny Wiles
Joseph Wright
Chuck Yob
Al Zapanta
