John Thune

General Cartwright indicated--and this is quick--that we run the risk of making the triad a diad if we go below 800 delivery vehicles in the follow-on START.

We keep making more and more demands and resources get more and more constrained all the time.

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.

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.

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.

What are the assumptions underlying what appears to be a substantial reduction in the number of bombers?

Do you plan on retiring any bomber aircraft in the near future?

What are the assumptions underlying what appears to be a substantial reduction in the number of bombers?

The 2006 QDR had suggested, I think, fielding a new bomber by 2018.

But why is it necessary to have another study?

I want to say that I know what the chairman is going to say. He is going to say the CBO came back and said it would extend the lifespan of Medicare, and they did, and it would under the mechanisms used in the unified budget when it comes…

What is important about this amendment is it will give an indication to the American people about whether their voices are being heard here in Washington as expressed by the voters of Massachusetts. I think what they were saying in that…

I would hope it would not be more restrictive, because I do think these are soldiers.

Quite simply, our security policy needs to be focused on improving security. It can't be subjected to a union middleman.

The situation worked, an unfortunate phrase that was inaccurate, and for which I apologize.

The greatest threat that we face as a country when it comes to air travel, is public complacency following the stepped up security protocols following 9/11

One of the greatest threats that we face in this country, when it comes to air travel, is public complacency.

It's hard for me to take commitments to security seriously as long as forcing TSA into collective bargaining is a priority.

We have a responsibility to be brutally honest about where we have fallen short.

This committee intends to continue asking the tough questions to shape the policies that guide transportation security.

Aviation security is increasingly an international responsibility.

The events that resulted in Mr. Abdulmutallab being permitted to fly into the U.S. have sparked a very serious discussion both here in the United States and across the globe when it comes to passenger safety and security

I do have to say that I think the initial reaction to this, that the system worked, could not have been more wrong.

Collective bargaining will impose a 19th-century industrial personnel management model to a 21st-century information age threat.