John Thune actually said...

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...

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...

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

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.