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Originally Posted by jfman
He almost certainly doesn’t in practice.
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He kinda does.
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The United States has a two-man rule in place at nuclear launch facilities, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be verified by the secretary of defense to be an authentic order given by the president ....... This verification process deals solely with verifying that the order came from the actual president. The secretary of defense has no veto power and must comply with the president's order.
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So basically the Secretary would have to act illegally to stop an attack order.