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Opinion SoleAuthority Forty-five feet underground in a command center near Omaha, there’s an encrypted communications line that goes directly to the American president. Buried below is a military command headquarters constructed in case of a missile attack amid a national emergency. Yet regardless of who wins this election, or the next one, the American president’s nuclear sole authority is a product of another era and must be revisited in our new nuclear age. The jet’s crew can contact the president, verify his or her identity and relay a nuclear attack order to bomber squadrons, submarines and intercontinental ballistic missile silos. It is, however, unacceptable for an American president to have the sole authority to launch a nuclear first strike without a requirement for consultation or consensus.

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☆ John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jake Tapper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN. Kelly set the record straight with on-the-record confirmation of a number of damning stories about statements Trump made behind closed doors attacking US service members and veterans, listing a number of objectionable comments Kelly witnessed Trump make firsthand. “A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about. Then-candidate Trump of course said in front of a crowd in 2015 that former Vietnam POW Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, was “not a war hero. Milley, in a call authorized by Trump administration officials, reassured his Chinese counterparts that such a strike was not going to happen.

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☆ Milley says the military doesn’t swear oath to a ‘wannabe dictator’ in apparent swipe at Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“We don’t take an oath to a country, we don’t take an oath to a tribe, we don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant or a dictator.”“And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator,” he spat. Milley, who was in uniform, later apologized publicly for “creat[ing] a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” The apology outraged Trump. Their relationship became even more contentious in the wake of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. We will take appropriate measures to ensure my safety and the safety of my family.”

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☆ CBS News Chief Neeraj Khemlani is stepping down from his role
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —CBS News President and co-head Neeraj Khemlani, who has led the Tiffany Network’s news division and local TV stations for a little more than two years, abruptly announced Sunday that he would step down from his role. “I have some news to share today, and I don’t want to bury the lede,” read a memo from Khemlani to staffers. During his tenure, Khemlani bolstered CBS News’ reporting ranks, luring prominent journalists such as Robert Costa and Cecilia Vega to the outlet. The CBS News chief was the subject of a human resources probe earlier this year. Khemlani is the third network news chief to exit in 2023.

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☆ Here are the likely identities of Trump's co-conspirators in the January 6 indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday, this time for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment refers to six unnamed co-conspirators in the wide-ranging plot. The 45-page indictment claims that six of Trump's associates were co-conspirators in the plot, but doesn't name any of them. The indictment alleges that co-conspirator 1 played a key role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, including directly engaging with then-Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican. Co-conspirator 3: Sidney PowellFormer Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, leaves the Federal Court in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021.

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☆ Trump offers dizzying new justifications for classified documents as former Cabinet secretaries sound the alarm
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump’s defense secretary who preceded Esper, James Mattis, had already turned full throttle against Trump before the 2020 election. He opposes Trump’s prosecution in New York by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, for alleged participation in a hush money scheme before the 2016 election. He also questions whether Trump should be prosecuted in connection with January 6, 2021, or his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Any ultimate prosecution with regard to the 2020 election could be a mistake, Barr said, arguing a candidate should have First Amendment rights. There’s an even larger questionRepublicans can defend Trump against prosecution all they want, but for Barr, that’s not the point.

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☆ Trump is in 'self-destruct mode' and becoming increasingly isolated as he fumes over disappointing midterm results, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump is becoming isolated as he fumes about the disappointing midterm results, CBS reporter Robert Costa said. One adviser said he is in "self-destruct mode" and seems "irresponsible and chaotic." "I have never seen him more irresponsible and chaotic than he is today," a Trump adviser told Costa, the chief election and campaign correspondent at CBS. "He seems to be in self-destruct mode. It is irresponsible to attack DeSantis and Youngkin, and it's irresponsible to announce at any time in the near future."

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