Ray Mabus Quotes


When I do all-hands calls - and I do a lot of all-hands calls - and I look out across 50 people, or 5,000 people, I see United States sailors. I do not see male sailors, or female sailors, and I do not think anybody else does, either.


Citations

Mabus, Ray. "Remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy." U.S. Department of Defense, 8 Jan. 2016.

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Ray Mabus
Ray Mabus
  • Born: October 11, 1948
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017. Mabus previously served as the State Auditor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988, as the 60th Governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.