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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the top U.S. military commander on Friday about taking precautions to ensure that Republican President Donald Trump cannot initiate hostilities or order a nuclear strike in his remaining 12 days in office.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol, during a news conference in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
Pelosi said in a letter to Democratic lawmakers that she spoke to Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about what measures are available to rein in the Republican president. Trump, angry about his election loss, incited supporters in the days before an invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Jan. 8, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats in a letter that if President Donald Trump did not resign immediately, the House would move to impeach the president, according to a report in the New York Times.
“Today, following the president’s dangerous and seditious acts, Republicans in Congress need to follow that example and call on Trump to depart his office immediately,” she wrote. “If the president does not leave office imminently and willingly, the Congress will proceed with our action.”
Pelosi also told lawmakers on Friday there was more support for impeaching Trump among Democrats now than there was the first time around, CNN reported, citing source on Democratic caucus call.
How the USA and Soviet Union planned to use nuclear radiation as a weapon.
This was initially seen as a great idea – you could kill all the people while leaving the omfrastructure intact for your own use.
Death Dust: The Little-Known Story of U.S. and Soviet Pursuit of Radiological Weapons, Three international security experts chart the rise and fall of radiological weapons programs in the United States and the Soviet Union.
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By: Morgan L. Kaplan, 31 Jan 20,
For decades, the thought of radiological weapons has conjured terrifying images of cities covered in “death dust.” Classified as a weapon of mass destruction alongside chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons it has remained a point of mystery as to why these devastatingly indiscriminate weapons were not pursued in earnest by more state and non-state actors alike.