Trump syndrome: US Congress examines president's authority to launch a nuclear attack

Wednesday, November 15th 2017 - 08:57 UTC

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For the first time in over 40 years, Congress has examined a US president's authority to launch a nuclear attack. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing was titled Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons and some senators expressed concern that the president might irresponsibly order a nuclear strike; others said he must have the authority to act without meddling from lawyers. Read full article

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Clyde15
I fervently hope they say that he can't !
Nov 16th, 2017 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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In ANY case, he just won't - but he LOVES to “TALK” about it!
Nov 21st, 2017 - 09:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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