John Thune

United States Senator

Freedom Isn’t Free:  Thune points to cost of freedom in Veterans Day address

November 15th 2011

From:  PLAINSMAN

Posted: Monday, Nov 14th, 2011
BY: ROGER KASA

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. told a Huron Veterans Day audience here Friday that “freedom isn’t free; it comes with a cost.”

Addressing a large crowd in the Huron High School Auditorium, Thune said freedom also requires the people in America to make sacrifices at home.

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Time to End Obama’s CLASS Struggle

October 31st 2011

From Politico Today

U.S. taxpayers received some good news recently. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that she was dumping Obamacare’s Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program, which was intended to provide government-run, long-term care insurance.

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Senator Thune Talks to Students About His Job

October 26th 2011


Wednesday, Senator John Thune made three stops in the Rapid City area, one of which was to visit some elementary school students.

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Opinion: Government handcuffs innovation

September 20th 2011

From POLITICO.com

By SEN. JOHN THUNE | 9/18/11 8:57 PM EDT

Imagine it’s 1986. Apple has just released a compact computer called the Macintosh Plus. It looks a little like a cinderblock standing on one end, has one megabyte of memory and costs about $2,600. It includes a 9-inch, black-and-white monitor and a built-in disk drive that runs the latest 3.5-inch floppy disk technology.

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South Dakota Senator’s Special Link to Honor Flight

September 14th 2011

From KELOLAND.com

SIOUX FALLS, SD - One of South Dakota's senators also shares a special connection with World War II veterans. Senator John Thune's father, Harold Thune, was a Navy fighter pilot during the war, which is why Senator Thune has been especially supportive of Honor Flight.

Nearly every time a group of South Dakota World War II veterans took off on another Honor Flight, Senator Thune was there to send them off.

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