Video and Testimony: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons

Garrett Hinck
Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 10:40 AM

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held an open hearing on "Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons." The hearing took place after the committee's business meeting at 10 a.m. EST on Nov. 14. The following witnesses testified:

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The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held an open hearing on "Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons." The hearing took place after the committee's business meeting at 10 a.m. EST on Nov. 14. The following witnesses testified:

  • Gen. C. Robert Kehler, former commander, U.S. Strategic Command (Written testimony)
  • Peter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy, Duke University (Written testimony)
  • Hon. Brian McKeon, former acting under secretary for policy, Department of Defense (Written testimony)

The video is below:


Garrett Hinck is a PhD student in political science at Columbia University, studying international relations and the political economy of security. He was previously a research assistant with the Technology and International Affairs and Nuclear Policy programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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