Milly decided to act, immediately summoned senior officers from the national military command center. this was the war room used in the -- excuse me, this is the war room the pentagon used for communicating action orders. the president or his successor on military action or use of military weapons. milly said he wanted to go over the procedures and process for launching nuclear weapons. only the president could give the order, he said. but then he made clear that he, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff must be directly involved. quote, any doubt, any irregularity first call me directly a...