claim: says president obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."
author: e.w. jackson
evidence_1: rick perry says the u.s. is at risk because “our spending on defense has ... dick  cheney says president obama scrapped the bush administration's missile ...  moreover, navy officials say it's silly to compare the size of the fleet in 1917 with  that of ... pictures of tim kaine's support for cutting education and defense  spending.
evidence_2: aug 3, 2015 ... graham said something similar at an april event in new hampshire, and ...  president barack obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels.
evidence_3: oct 26, 2012 ... the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission; ... that the  number of ships in the u.s. fleet is now lower than the 1917 level. ... to president  obama, he has slightly increased the size of the fleet. ... of 282, but future ship- building plans could be reduced if congress ... our staff on tv and radio.
evidence_4: dec 3, 2012 ... time's battleland blog is today starting my three part series on the us navy. ...  meant by his numerical comparison of today's navy with the fleet of 1917. ... been  shrinking in numbers of ships in recent history, but each one is more ... even if it  is not president obama's conscious plan to shrink the navy from ...
evidence_5: dec 3, 2012 ... moreover, no foreign navy can even begin to compare, they say: we have ... just  like romney's “smallest since 1917,” the data portions of these ... the threats our  navy faces, just like the rest of our armed forces, ... shrinking numbers ... even if  it is not president obama's conscious plan to shrink the navy ...