The nation should not have to choose between an immensely powerful conventional and nuclear force-projection system like the B-2 and affordable, global defenses against ballistic missile strikes.
Still, this summary sets forth a number of points that appeared to be generally agreed -- and that bear directly upon pending executive and legislative branch decisions concerning the future contribution of the U.S. manned bomber force to the nation's power projection capabilities.
Over the next several years, the Clinton Administration put in place a long-term budget projection and a new national security strategy and conducted more detailed force capability analyses.