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Elissa Slotkin: “We shouldn't launch nuclear weapons without a human being…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 03:58

… the military not to, not to unduly stifle development, but just to say that we should have a human being in the conversation. We're making decisions of life and death. We shouldn't launch nuclear weapons without a human being making that decision. And we shouldn't have domestic surveillance. All things that the Chinese could decide to do tomorrow. So help me square how we keep our sort of values as a nation but still win this race. (03:58–04:04)

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Asserts that nuclear weapon launches should require human decision-making.

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