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So all the compliments back that you. It really is a pleasure. Thank you. Well, lets get right into this. This is a brilliant book. This isnt the right thing to say about a book. Nuclear war. But i really enjoyed reading it. It reads like a thriller. Youve taken policy and history and details and Nuclear Weapons effects and war games and wove them together into a page turner. I read this in about two days, just while taking extensive notes. So lets get right into one of your essential points of ...

So all the compliments back that you. It really is a pleasure. Thank you. Well, lets get right into this. This is a brilliant book. This isnt the right thing to say about a book. Nuclear war. But i really enjoyed reading it. It reads like a thriller. Youve taken policy and history and details and Nuclear Weapons effects and war games and wove them together into a page turner. I read this in about two days, just while taking extensive notes. So lets get right into one of your essential points of ...

Mr. Coons mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated and upon the conclusion of my remarks, the senator from rhode island be recognized prpb withouthe presiding officer . The quorum call is lifted. Mr. Coons i rise today to express my deep concern with the tax reform bill that the Senate Finance committee is likely to approve later this week. The latest version of this massive tax bill ...

Business meeting will come to order. Do just a little bit of business on the front end and hopefully take care of some business quickly. Now people have other meetings and then move to the hearing itself. We thank our witnesses for allowing us to do this, and were glad youre here. We have a number of items on the agenda today. Well move a number of nominations and Foreign Service officer lists. We will also take up s1928. The multilateral if a review act of 2017. Want to thank senator koonce for...

[inaudible conversations] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We will do a little bit of the front end and hopefully will take care of the business quickly and i know people have other meanings and it will move to the hearing itself. We think our witnesses for allowing us to do this and were glad youre here. We have a number of items on the agenda today ander we will movea number of nominations and Foreign Service officer led and will also take up as 1928, multilateral act...

Quest the business many will come to order, we will do a little business on the front end and hopefully take care of some business quickly, i know people have other meetings and then will move to the hearing itself. We think our witness for allowing us to do this and we are glad you are here. Items on theber of agenda today, we will move a number of nominations and Foreign Service officer list. Theill also take up multilateral act of 2017. I want to think sen. Coons his leadership and hard work ...

What would be the case, though, is that it wouldnt be the president alone persuading a single military officer alone on the other side of the telephone. There would be a large group of advisers and Legal Advisers weighing in on this, and thats an important part of the context that is sometimes lost in the media coverage. There would be a lot of people under the scenario that youve described not imminent, not waking the president up, but we have time to decide this. Many, many people would be wei...

The hearing will come to order. A number of members on both sides of the aisle have raised questions about the executive authorities with respect to warmaking and the use of Nuclear Weapons, entering into an agreement with other countries. This is the first time the Foreign Relations committee of the senate or house has met on this topic since 1976. Warng the decision to go to is a heavy responsibility for our nations elected leaders. The Atomic Energy act of 1946 and the practices represent the...

Other countries. As ive mentioned publicly, this is one in a series of hearings where our committee will examine all of these issues, but today its my hope that we will remain focused on the topic at hand, the authority and the process for the use of Nuclear Weapons. The Congressional Research Service Tells Us this is the first time that the Foreign Relations committee of the senate or house has met on this topic since 1976, 41 years ago. Making the decision go to war of any sort is a heavy resp...

Among the witness, a former Defense Department official from the Obama Administration and a retired air force general who led the u. S. Strategic command. This Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing is just under two hours. The hearing itself will actually come to order. We thank general kehler, dr. Feaver, mr. Mckeon for joining us today and for sitting through the business meeting over the last 15 minutes. A number of members on both sides of the aisle of this on and off the committee have...