There are multiple nuclear footballs; the VP also has one in case that person becomes President in a disaster situation.
All the football contains is some communication equipment and a basic set of nuclear options from which the President can choose.
The main item that the President carries is the "biscuit" - a card which has the codes the President must use to verify his identity when opting for the nuclear option. Trump's codes expired at noon today and Biden's went into effect at noon.
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This story is based on conversations with 10 Pentagon and Biden officials involved in the transition, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations.
Tensions between the Pentagon and the Biden agency landing team emerged almost the moment the General Services Administration authorized the transition to begin in late November after an initial delay following the election. While the military side of the house — the Joint Staff and the geographic combatant commanders — were more cooperative, the civilian side set up roadblocks at every turn.
“They really should not be allowed to get away with this. It’s just completely irresponsible and indefensible,” said one transition official. “To play politics with the country’s national security is just really unacceptable.”
Outgoing acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller has maintained publicly that he is committed to ensuring a smooth transfer of power, and Defense Department officials say the Pentagon has worked hard to complete the Biden team’s requests for information and interviews in challenging conditions due to the pandemic and a hyper-partisan environment.
Sauce?
The absolute cuntdiggitycuntiest
Wow
Thank you for sharing the source!
He has one from Politico dated today below in the thread. It's awesome!
That's old from December.
There are multiple nuclear footballs; the VP also has one in case that person becomes President in a disaster situation.
All the football contains is some communication equipment and a basic set of nuclear options from which the President can choose.
The main item that the President carries is the "biscuit" - a card which has the codes the President must use to verify his identity when opting for the nuclear option. Trump's codes expired at noon today and Biden's went into effect at noon.
“ This story is based on conversations with 10 Pentagon and Biden officials involved in the transition, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations. Tensions between the Pentagon and the Biden agency landing team emerged almost the moment the General Services Administration authorized the transition to begin in late November after an initial delay following the election. While the military side of the house — the Joint Staff and the geographic combatant commanders — were more cooperative, the civilian side set up roadblocks at every turn. “They really should not be allowed to get away with this. It’s just completely irresponsible and indefensible,” said one transition official. “To play politics with the country’s national security is just really unacceptable.” Outgoing acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller has maintained publicly that he is committed to ensuring a smooth transfer of power, and Defense Department officials say the Pentagon has worked hard to complete the Biden team’s requests for information and interviews in challenging conditions due to the pandemic and a hyper-partisan environment.
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Nah, we’d miss the movie