Support for the constitutional division of powers and the U.S. ability to make decisions about our own best interests in carrying out foreign policy demands a rethinking of any effort to pass a resolution and issue political statements in the United Nations that could impose international legal restrictions on the U. S. nuclear deterrent capability without first obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate.
Bob Corker emphasized the need for Senate consent on foreign policy decisions affecting U.S. nuclear capabilities.
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