Trump Has the Sole Power to Launch Nukes. Congress Could Change That

Nov 15, 2017, 12:17 PM

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Amid concerns over President Trump's temperament, a Senate panel examined Tuesday the question of whether the president should have the sole power to launch a nuclear strike.

The exceedingly rare hearing by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee came after Trump threatened North Korea with military force, including his declaration that Pyongyang would be met with “fire and fury like the world has never seen.