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Democrats ask Biden to cede authority on nuclear launches

President Joe Biden salutes from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Biden is heading to Michigan to visit a Pfizer vaccine manufacturing plant near Kalamazoo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

A group of more than 30 House Democrats is asking President Biden to give up his sole control of U.S. nuclear weapons.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference before the opening of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. This FEMA run site, along with another in Brooklyn, gives priority to local residents in an effort to equitably distribute the vaccine. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

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This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo provided by Johnson &amp; Johnson shows vials of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. (Johnson &amp; Johnson via AP)

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