John Thune actually said...

"the 2006 QDR made the decision to develop a follow-on bomber, and you have made clear that you support the development of a new bomber."

"Last September the Manchester Guardian reported that the President has rejected the Pentagon's first draft of the NPR as being too timid."

"I do think it's not only a national security issue, but it's also something that I think in terms of the economic security of the country is really critical."

"I have long expressed the fear that it would be proposed by the administration in effect as a way to negotiate the bomber leg of the nuclear triad away."