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John Thune: “We haven't seen the specifics of that request. That sounds…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio

Published | Video Starts at 14:57

And I've always said, Brian, if you don't get national security right, the rest is confrontation. The other things that these other issues don't matter much if you can't defend the So I don't know. We haven't seen the specifics of that request. That sounds like a big number to me. But once we get the details, we'll work through it and see what we need to do to make sure our military is ready to meet whatever threats are out there. (14:57–15:02)

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Asserts that a specific request (likely for defense funding) sounds large, though details are not yet seen.

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