 Thune stated in protest he would vote against confirmation of the president's nominee for United Nations Ambassador, John Bolton.On 26 August 2005 the nine-member BRAC commission voted 8–1 to spare Ellsworth from the closure list.Commissioner Harold Gehman said, "We have no savings, we're essentially moving the airplanes from one very, very good base to another very, very good base, which are essentially equal."