Corker: 'If every American knew what I knew . . . '
IMG_0516-1.JPGSen. Bob Corker is a proponent of fiscal
responsibility in Washington and reducing the federal debt, but
there's one area in particular where he'd like to see more
government spending: nuclear weapons. Putting additional
billions of dollars into modernization of the weapons complex
and the nation's nuclear arsenal would be worth the investment,
Corker said, citing some of the problems he learned about while
visiting sites and doing research to prepare himself for debate
on the New START Treaty.  "I'm talking on a cell phone that's
more sophisticated than the guidance systems we have on some of
our nuclear weapons," the Republican senator said today during a
telephone interview. "These things were built 30, 40, 50 years
ago."  I talked with Corker a couple of times this morning,
following up on issues regarding New START and funding
commitments he believes are needed to make sure U.S. nuclear
weapons -- those that remain in the arsenal after fu