{"id":173811,"date":"2021-02-25T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=173811"},"modified":"2021-02-25T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T22:31:00","slug":"democrats-ask-biden-to-stop-sole-authority-on-nuclear-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-ask-biden-to-stop-sole-authority-on-nuclear-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Ask Biden TO STOP Sole Authority On Nuclear Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-ask-biden-to-stop-sole-authority-on-nuclear-launches%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=173811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nuke-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/>          <\/div>\n<p>     Several a lot more than 30 House Democrats has asked President Joe Biden to cede his sole authority to launch nuclear weapons.     <\/p>\n<p>     In a letter penned by Rep. Jimmy Panetta of California, the Democrats want party leaders to improve the command-and-control structure so no person can launch the weapons.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cVesting one individual with this particular authority entails real risks,\u201d the letter says, as      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-defense\/2021\/02\/23\/tester-outlines-defense-budget-strategy-793538?cid=su_tw_md\">     reported     <\/a>      by Politico. \u201cPast presidents have threatened to attack other countries with nuclear weapons or exhibited behavior that caused other officials expressing concern concerning the president\u2019s judgment.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     The letter also suggests changing the command structure of the U.S. arsenal to require also approval from officials in the constitutional type of succession, like the vice president and the home speaker. The alleged reason behind allowing other officials in to the process is basically because neither \u201ccould be removed by the president should they disagree to concur with a launch order.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     The president at this time has sole authority to launch U.S. nuclear weapons, and everywhere he goes, a military official carries the \u201cnuclear football,\u201d which provides the codes. Through the Cold War between your U.S. and Russia, and because nuclear weapons could possibly be launched quickly, the U.S. decided an individual authority must have control to respond.     <\/p>\n<p>     However the 30 Democrats fear a U.S. president could take up a war without congressional approval.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cWhile any president would presumably check with advisors before ordering a nuclear attack, there is absolutely no requirement to take action,\u201d the letter adds. \u201cThe military is obligated to handle the order should they assess it really is legal beneath the laws of war. Beneath the current posture of U.S. nuclear forces, that attack would happen in minutes.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">     Panetta wrote on Twitter: \u201cVesting an individual with nuclear authority entails real risks. I\u2019m leading several my colleagues with     <\/span>      @RepTedLieu\u00a0     <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">     in calling for reform to your nuclear command-and-control structure. It\u2019s time and energy to install additional checks and balances into this technique.\u201d     <\/span>          <\/p>\n<p>     The California Democrat had earlier made exactly the same proposal when former President Donald Trump was in office.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cHis blatant disregard for the rule of law, established norms, and strategic way of thinking present a threat to the nation\u2019s nuclear authority. In the ultimate days of the tragic presidency, we should pursue every possible measure to market and protect our national security in the home and abroad,\u201d he said in January.     <\/p>\n<p>     In his Jan. 8 statement, he said: \u201cIn the coming days, as Trump\u2019s choices for remaining in the White House all but disappear, there&#8217;s a real danger that the President could turn to military action in the home or abroad. We have been well-aware that in ordinary times, your role would be to execute the President\u2019s orders. Unfortunately, we usually do not reside in ordinary times. We think that critical moments, like this we face today, require us to think about every possible avenue to avert disaster. We therefore request you to implement additional measures to make sure adequate checks are put on the President\u2019s nuclear authority at the initial possible opportunity.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>          <em>     The Daily Wire is among America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside usage of The Daily Wire by learning to be a      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">     member     <\/a>     .     <\/em>          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several a lot more than 30 House Democrats has asked President Joe Biden to cede his sole authority to launch nuclear weapons.  In &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274246,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nuke-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Ask Biden TO STOP Sole Authority On Nuclear Launches","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nuke-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Ask Biden TO STOP Sole Authority On Nuclear Launches","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}