Posted on 11/08/2017 4:52:48 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Corker to hold hearing on president's nuclear weapons authority
By Brandon Carter - 11/08/17 07:41 PM EST
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) announced Wednesday the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would hold a hearing next week on “the executive’s authority to use nuclear weapons.”
“A number of members both on and off our committee have raised questions about the authorities of the legislative and executive branches with respect to war making, the use of nuclear weapons, and conducting foreign policy overall,” Corker said in a statement announcing the Nov. 14 hearing.
“This continues a series of hearings to examine these issues and will be the first time since 1976 that this committee or our House counterparts have looked specifically at the authority and process for using U.S. nuclear weapons,” he continued. “This discussion is long overdue, and we look forward to examining this critical issue.”
A debate over nuclear authority has reignited among lawmakers after President Trump warned in August that North Korea could face "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if it continues to advance its nuclear program.
A number of rank-and-file Democrats and Republicans have come forward saying Congress must authorize the use of nuclear weapons and a declaration of war should Trump want to strike North Korea.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who sits on the Armed Services Committee, said “preemptive war” on the Korean Peninsula “would require the authorization of Congress.”
Both Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced bills this year that would bar Trump from launching a preemptive nuclear attack before Congress approves a declaration of war. Those bills have stalled in the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has also called on Congress to bar the president from using nuclear weapons....
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Because Congress has nothing else to do
No, but we here in TN have been trying very hard to get rid of him. We even did a buy one and get two free, still no offers.
WE still offer free shipping......
“President Trump warned in August that North Korea could face “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it continues to advance its nuclear program. “
Fake news. He said they’d face fire and fury like the world has never seen if the Norks continue to threaten the US and its allies.
American tax payers come last - always it seems
We will have a meeting, then a hearing, and then it will go to committee........
In fact maybe President Trump should dispatch Messieurs Corker and Schumer to Pyongyang for high level diplomacy to avoid such concerns. Let the Senate try negotiation then President Trump can use advice. They would rather act as domestic enemies first to tie our CIC's hands in the face of provacative threats and actions towards the U.S. and it allies. Where are their loyalties?
Tennessee!!! What the HELL is wrong with you?!
How exactly will congress authorize the use of nukes if Washington is smoldering ashes?
This is not funny.
The GOPe - Doing the dirty work to protect The Swamp so the democrats won’t have to.
What a putz
If he were a man of honor he would step down
Trump is President in name only. The swamp & media do not recognize his legitimacy.
None of this will end well /disgusted
Can’t Corksucker leave early? Worthless POS!
And the dope smoking foreigner muslim never got them to do this.
Hey Jack ASS .The President of the United state is the commander of those Nukes. You sir are potato salad. No finer man could have been granted this full authority over our nuclear arsenal. My God Bless Donald Trump.
Ed
Hey Corker, you moron, how about putting restraints on a president’s ability to enable our fiercest enemies to obtain nuclear weapons?
Hey Corker, you moron, how about putting restraints on a president’s ability to enable our fiercest enemies to obtain nuclear weapons?
Hey Tennessee, looks like your boy Corker is trying to be another lame ass McCain. Recall this turd now or you will be looked at just like Arizona is now with McCain and Flake. Let him fill out his term and a lot of damage is going to be done because of this pathetic little man.
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