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Corker to hold hearing on president's nuclear weapons authority
The Hill ^

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....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corker; dod; korea; noko; nuclear; trump
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To: drypowder

Small man with small brain syndrome? 8>)


41 posted on 11/08/2017 6:31:16 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Sub-Driver
So dumbass Corker, can Trump fire at North Korea after North Korea hits California?
42 posted on 11/08/2017 6:38:41 PM PST by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: Sub-Driver

In trade and war they are trying to weaken his hand. What a bunch of fools. Why is this guy leading any committee, why is he even on one? They really think they can legislate away the President’s power? What a bunch of lunatics.


43 posted on 11/08/2017 6:41:01 PM PST by wiseprince
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To: datricker

Trump should veto DACA. Let them all scream.


44 posted on 11/08/2017 6:44:25 PM PST by wiseprince
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To: Electric Graffiti

Voting really doesn’t matter, I don’t know how anyone can see what has happened over the last year and come to any other conclusion


45 posted on 11/08/2017 6:45:22 PM PST by wiseprince
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To: Sub-Driver

Proving what, the he’s a piece of shit?


46 posted on 11/08/2017 6:46:51 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Sub-Driver

These crazy, criminal traitors!!!!!!!!!!

So, they think if Norklandia is observed putting a nuke atop one of their missiles in a launch position...POTUS has to go ask permission?!?!?!?

They are all a danger to the Republic and enemies of the American people!

Norklandia has lost the pole position in the race for enemies of America.


47 posted on 11/08/2017 6:50:41 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Sub-Driver
China wants the people it has in our Congress to protect it.

The reason for the 1976 hearings was the same: President Ford had said he would use nukes preemptively to defend S Korea and US forces there.

China's minions are trying again.
Wonder what sweet job Corker has lined up with the Chinese.

48 posted on 11/08/2017 7:00:32 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Sub-Driver

49 posted on 11/08/2017 7:22:36 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Sub-Driver

Pissy little b*tch.


50 posted on 11/08/2017 7:25:14 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: conservative98

A small man with small ideas.


51 posted on 11/08/2017 7:27:50 PM PST by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: Sub-Driver

A hearing should be held on Corker’s treason—preferably a military tribunal.


52 posted on 11/08/2017 7:32:09 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Sub-Driver

Corker is publicly working to damage Trump.


53 posted on 11/08/2017 7:52:46 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: Sub-Driver

Met the corker. He appear to be a very bitter man. However his wife is a very sweet and gorgeous. Crazy world we live in.


54 posted on 11/08/2017 7:58:06 PM PST by Panhandle.deporable
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To: Sub-Driver
Well, how convenient.

Corker hates Trump, has decided not to run for election (because he knows he couldn't win, just like Flake in Arizona) and coincidentally decides to hold hearings to question the executive branch's authority to order a nuclear strike for the first time since 1976.

Just how amazingly convenient was that timing Bob?

Corker is being like McCain with Trump, petty, juvenile, sophomoric, immature, with a personal vendetta against anything Trump.

This amounts to nothing more than harassment of the president by members of his own party. Which is why these GOP establishment types are losing. The American people can see right through their political posturing like this.

55 posted on 11/08/2017 8:14:25 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: Regulator

“Sneak attacks don’t wait for drawn out deliberations”.

With the congress and senate we have today, if they had been in charge in 1941, everybody west of the Mississippi would be speaking Japanese and east would be speaking German.


56 posted on 11/08/2017 8:53:03 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yes! Lord please corker is certifiably nutso. WTH?


57 posted on 11/08/2017 10:07:31 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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What a hateful, little individual.


58 posted on 11/08/2017 11:19:12 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Kudsman

Funny how the commies rolled on their back for Obama as he over reached, but are doing whatever they can to impede President Trump as he stays within his executive power!


59 posted on 11/09/2017 2:31:33 AM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just one more dope in the dope show


60 posted on 11/09/2017 4:05:47 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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