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Dems 2020 Platform Doesn’t Directly Endorse No First-Use of Nukes

Tuesday, August 18th, 2020

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Dems 2020 Platform Doesn’t Directly Endorse No First-Use of Nukes

Democrats do not explicitly endorse a no-first use policy for nuclear weapons, according to a leaked draft of the 2020 platform that crystalizes their pitch to voters ahead of the November presidential election, but they come about as close as they could. The party platform says Democrats “believe that the sole purpose of our nuclear arsenal should be to deter—and, if necessary, retaliate against—a nuclear attack, and we will work to put that belief into practice, in consultation with our…

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Congress

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Pentagon

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