 After Kidd , Moosally worked in the Navy 's Office of Legislative Affairs . His supervisor was an Academy football teammate , Rear Admiral Thomas Lynch . In this position , Moosally was successful in helping lobby for congressional approval and funding for two new aircraft carriers , two frigates , and a nuclear @-@ powered cruiser for the Navy . Jim Hickey , a congressional aide at the time , said of Moosally , " He 's intelligent , politically savvy and well respected not only by the people in the liaison office but by the Navy folks as well . " 
