Members of Congress Again Urge No-First-Use Nuke Policy

摘要

Members of Congress have again called on President Barack Obama to adopt a policy of nuclear no-first-use despite thernadministration’s indication that it will not make such a change during the remainder of the president’s term.rnThe Oct. 13 letter to Obama, signed by 22 members of Congress – including Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Keith Ellisonrn(D-Minn.), and John Garamendi (D-Calif.) – expressed concern over current U.S. and Russian launch-under-attackrnpostures, which the lawmakers said increase the risk of miscalculation over the other’s intentions and, subsequently,rnnuclear war.