Weapons accident in damascus arkansas that occurred in 1980. And i use that story, that narrative as a way of looking at the management of our Nuclear Weapons really since the First Nuclear device was invented in 1945. And i hope to remind readers that these weapons are out there. That theyre still capable of being used and that theres probably no more important thing that our government does and manage them. Because these are the most dangerous machines ever built, and i think the subject has fallen off the radar quite a bit in the cold war. Host lets talk about the story. You were telling the story from the ground up. You chose tying it to missile explosion at so why that particular explosion rather than many other incidents that you can lock in the book . Guest my interest in writing about Nuclear Weapons was sparked by i spent time in the air force. I finished writing my book fast food nation and one of the officers told me as sort of the damascus accident to hed been in a Missile
Management because these are the most dangerous machines ever built. And i think the subject has fallen off their radar quite a bit since the end of the cold war. Host lets talk about the story. You are telling a story about the ground up. You chose the whistle explosion. Why that particular explosion rather than any other incidents you like in the book lacks guest my interest i spent time in the 04 writing my book for the resignation and one of the officers told me the story of the accident. He had been in the Missile Launch crew and i thought of an extraordinary story. I had never heard of it. I could not believe what happened. And the more i learned about it, the more it seemed like it was a very good way to look at these much larger themes about the Nuclear Weapons about our strategy for using them and the management of them. It is a story that is a seemingly trivial event someone drops the toole that leads to a potential catastrophe. The dropping of the tool damages the Interconti
President. Think of it. A phone call. A very good phone call. I know bad phone calls. Now we have the gorgeous word. I never thought a word would sound so good. Its called total acquittal. I want to thank my family for sticking through it. This was not part of the deal. This is a day of celebration. We went through hell. Martha President Trump taking a victory lap today on the heels of his senate acquittal. It wasnt a News Conference or a speech. He said it was a celebration coming after three years of investigations into his conduct. Mark chiefton writing for the Washington Post today. Democrats threw everything they had at trump. Hes still standing. But those same democrats are still fighting tonight showing no signs of giving up. Hes impeach forever, no matter what he says. Youre impeach forever. Youre never getting rid of that scar. Martha so what comes next . How do we move forward from here . The impeachment saga winds down and the election gears up. Thats what americans are left
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