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On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
Does the President of the United States have the absolute ability and the power to call for a nuclear strike without any input from Congress?
Said by
Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin questions presidential authority over nuclear strikes without congressional input.

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