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Wald, Matthew L. "Bomb Plants Could Shift to Control of Pentagon." New York Times, February 6, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/washington/07nuke.html.
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.