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Ed Markey: No one person should have the power to launch a first-use nuclear strike without congressional approval.

On the recordOctober 29, 2017
No one person should have the power to launch a first-use nuclear strike without congressional approval.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey advocates for congressional approval before a first-use nuclear strike.

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