The Navy can afford an aircraft carrier that doesn't work, but it can't put any money aside for people who may be suffering after drinking contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

To be fair, the Navy Department faced a total of $963 billion in claims from former service members, family members, and employees who have filed more than 4,400 lawsuits claiming they were harmed after drinking water at Lejeune that contained dangerous chemicals, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said on Wednesday.