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Jim Himes: “We're talking about a man who could wake up in two hours or in three hours and start a nuclear war, who controls -- you…”

On the recordJune 6, 2017
We're talking about a man who could wake up in two hours or in three hours and start a nuclear war, who controls -- you know, whose words send armies marching and, you know, change markets.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Jim Himes emphasizes the gravity of the president's power and the implications of his actions.

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