Nuclear Weapons Are On The Menu At This Washington Restaurant

The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, February 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Sam Brodey, Daily Beast: Inside the Secret Dinners Where Congress Figures Out How to Stop a Nuclear Apocalypse

Lawmakers know less about nuclear threats than ever before. A former congressman runs a dinner series to educate them in hopes of averting global annihilation.

On an evening two years ago, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) walked out of a closed-door dinner on Capitol Hill without a campaign check or valuable contact, but something else: sobering new knowledge about nuclear weapons.

In a recent interview, the congressman recalled the dinner, where he sat alongside Democratic and Republican lawmakers, listening to top experts explain the finer points of nuclear weapons policy and urge them to pay close attention to an issue that has fallen on Congress’ backburner.

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WNU Editor: Growing up the fear of nuclear war was always on our minds. Today's generation .... the complete opposite. Its good to know that at least some in Washington are paying attention to this issue.