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Ed Markey: Should the Congress be involved in that decision if the President wants to launch a preventative nuclear attack on North…

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
Should the Congress be involved in that decision if the President wants to launch a preventative nuclear attack on North Korea?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions Congress's role in decisions about nuclear strikes.

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