MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show June 6, 2017
Authorize the use of Nuclear Weapons without consulting anyone first. Nixons defense secretary overwhelmed by the possibility tried to prevent anything like that from happening by going behind his back to the chairman of the join chiefs of staff. If essence, the defense secretary asked the chairman of the joint chiefs for a commitment that neither he nor any of the other chiefs would respond to an order from the white house calling for the use of military force without immediately informing the defense secretary. Nixons defense secretary asked the chairman of the join chief of staff, quote, do...