The US Senate has passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says it passed with bi-partisan support…

 

President Obama has threatened to veto the bill because of the offset cuts elsewhere in the budget.

Rounds says republican Senators don’t want to fund some of the Presidents programs…

 

Rounds says he doesn’t think the President will veto a bill that funds US security…

 

Rounds says the bill should also protect B1 bombers, based at Ellsworth Airforce Base, from early retirement.