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Burns, Robert and Richard Lardner. " Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused." AP News. November 14, 2017. https://www.apnews.com/14eb66de62fc49b181680ccbd7394646.
Hosenball, Mark and Phil Stewart. "Pentagon to lease privately owned Trump Tower apartment for nuclear 'football': letter." Reuters. May 5, 2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-trumptower/pentagon-to-lease-privately-owned-trump-tower-apartment-for-nuclear-football-letter-idUSKBN1812B5.
Johnson, Tim. "Trump’s finger soon will hover over the nuclear button. Will he be ready?" McClatchy DC. November 25, 2016. https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article117054908.html.
McDuffee, Allen. "Jimmy Carter once sent launch codes to the cleaner, and other scary tales of the ‘nuclear football.’" Timeline. November 21, 2017. https://timeline.com/jimmy-carter-once-sent-launch-codes-to-the-cleaner-and-other-scary-tales-of-the-nuclear-football-add77568346e.
Wellerstein, Alex. "No one can stop President Trump from using nuclear weapons. That's by design." Washington Post, December 1, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/01/no-one-can-stop-president-trump-from-using-nuclear-weapons-thats-by-design/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.05b5b6a7fe06.