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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
i was responding to the hyperbole that any spending was bad. I'm comfortable the President will not do anything dumb, or risk our safety- although any Preisdent does have to make choices WRT where $$$ go and surely deciding not to put money into maintaining nukes could lose in such a choice.
But, in sum, I do not think President Obama would sit watching our nukes "leak." for that matter, I'm not even sure a nuke can leak. My rhetoric was simply a response to the silly argument that the Senator wishing to spend to maintain numkes was bad per se.
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I agree, but I think it's worth looking into whether Kyl is overspending. I want to hear Gates, who has attempted to rein in spending, weigh in on the issue. I don't think it's wise to simply say, "Oh, we're talking about nuke safety? Well, let's just spend away. Too much can never be enough!" I don't care what the expenditure is - I think we should examine whether we are receiving value.
Which is probably a long way of me saying I agree with you. Which is no surprise.
