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Very specific and deliberate process. she was concerned and made very -- or made various personal references charaerizing the president. i explained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority, and he doesn't launch them alone. and i am not qualified to determine the mental health of the president of the united states. there are processes, protocols, and procedures in place, and i repeatedly assured her that there is no chance of an legal, unauthorized, or accidental launch. by law, i am not in the chain of command, and i know that. however, by presidential directive and d.o...

Program. shortly after my call ended with general lee, i informed both secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meadows about the call among several other topics. soon after that, i intended a meeting with acting secretary miller, where i briefed him on the call. later that same day, on 8 january, speaker of the house nancy pelosi called me, to inquire about the president's ability to launch nuclear weapons. i sought to assure her that nuclear launch is governed by a very specific and deliberate process. she was concerned and made various personal references characterizing the ...

Shortly after my call ended with generally, ipersonally formed both secretary of state pompeo, and white house chief of staff meadows, -- spear of t houseelosi called me to inquire about the presidents abili to launch nuclear weapons. i exained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority, and he doesn't launch them alone. and that i am not qualified determine the mental health of the president of the united states. at no time was i attempting to chge or influence the press, insert authority, or insert myself in the chain of command. >> on the same topic of president trump me...

That's an indication he wasn't entirely comfortable i got nothing to say to you, do it on your own stance. the question is whether he would give any further and whether it's usefulf for democrats to keep pressing on fall back and do it through budget reconciliation. they don't want to establish the principle that this hostage can keep getting taken over and over again. not clear if they will have a choice in the matter. >> i want to talk about this joint chief chairman, the final days of the trump administration in the book "peril" it was reported that milley agreed with house speaker nancy pe...

0 during this process, the views of all of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, general miller, and myself were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. we couched that in cost, benefit, risk-to-force, risk-to-mission. all of that was evaluated against the national security objectives of the united states. on 14 april, the president of the united states, president biden, announced his decision, and the u.s. military received a change of mission, to retrog...