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Our relationship with Israel, my relationship with the Prime Minister of Israel is such that we would not get a call saying our bombers are on the way or their fighters are on the way.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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Already, our budget proposal reflects some of our key priorities, including increased funding for our nuclear complex, and a commitment to sustain our heavy bombers and land and submarine-based missile capabilities, under the new START agreement.
WHITEHOUSE: VP Biden: The Path to Nuclear Security
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who in 1940 had said, "The fighters are our salvation but the bombers alone provide the means of victory, " was so shocked by the extent of the annihilation that he issued a memo criticizing the "acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive" and in his VE Day speech at the end of the war scarcely mentioned Bomber Command.
WSJ: Bomber Command Memorial | They Were the Means of Victory | By Richard Holledge