By Joel Gehrke; Washington Examiner:
U.S. military officers won’t “blindly” follow a hypothetical presidential order to launch a nuclear strike, a retired general told lawmakers Tuesday.
“It’s important to remember that the United States military doesn’t blindly follow orders,” C. Robert Kehler, who led the U.S. Strategic Command from 2011 to 2013, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “A presidential order to employ U.S. nuclear weapons must be legal.”
“We are concerned that the president of the United States is so unstable, is so volatile, has a decision-making process that is so quixotic, that he might order a nuclear weapon strike that is wildly out of step with U.S. national security interests,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said during the hearing.
Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who called the hearing, maintained a more respectful tone despite previously mocking Trump’s maturity.
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