[inaudible conversations] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We will do a little bit of the front end and hopefully will take care of the business quickly and i know people have other meanings and it will move to the hearing itself. We think our witnesses for allowing us to do this and were glad youre here. We have a number of items on the agenda today ander we will movea number of nominations and Foreign Service officer led and will also take up as 1928, multilateral act of 2017. I want to think senator coons for his leadership and hard work on this bill. L. I want to also recognize isaacson, rubio, young, cain and merkley for their contributions to thisct bipartisan important legislation for the committee. This bill will establish a process for conducting injected reviews on how well multilateral institutions carry out their missions with our funding, the authorities after review. Eleven years. Through this process we will be able to evaluate their performance
Quest the business many will come to order, we will do a little business on the front end and hopefully take care of some business quickly, i know people have other meetings and then will move to the hearing itself. We think our witness for allowing us to do this and we are glad you are here. Items on theber of agenda today, we will move a number of nominations and Foreign Service officer list. Theill also take up multilateral act of 2017. I want to think sen. Coons his leadership and hard work on this bill, i want to recognize senators isaacson, rubio, young, kane and merkley whether contributions to this important Bipartisan Legislation before our committee. Establish all process for conducting objective reviews on how multilateral institutions carry out their missions with our funding. Authorities through this process, we will be able to evaluate their performance in an objective way. The review will look at performance, management, accountability and transparency. Transparency alig
The hearing will come to order. A number of members on both sides of the aisle have raised questions about the executive authorities with respect to warmaking and the use of Nuclear Weapons, entering into an agreement with other countries. This is the first time the Foreign Relations committee of the senate or house has met on this topic since 1976. Warng the decision to go to is a heavy responsibility for our nations elected leaders. The Atomic Energy act of 1946 and the practices represent the use of Nuclear Weapons must be subject to political control. This is why no general or admiral has the authority to order the use of Nuclear Weapons, only the president , the elected political leader of the United States has this authority. The Nuclear Arms Race between ussrnited states and the dramatically increase the risk of Nuclear Conflict. We plan for the end thinkable him how to get missiles in the air without within those few coulds before warheads destroy our ability to respond. There
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