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Ed Markey: “Absent a nuclear attack upon the United States or our allies, no one human being should have the power to unilaterally…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
Absent a nuclear attack upon the United States or our allies, no one human being should have the power to unilaterally unleash the most destructive forces ever devised by humankind.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey argues against unilateral presidential authority to launch nuclear weapons.

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