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Panic as Pentagon quietly moves to expand Trump's 'nuclear options’
What happened
RawStory reports that Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary for policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a closed Sept. 17 hearing that the Defense Department was conducting a classified review of U.S. nuclear-employment guidance “with the goal of increasing options available to the president.” The president is Donald Trump. The report does not establish that Trump ordered the review, approved a new policy, or decided to use nuclear weapons.
Colby said nuclear weapons would be considered only in “extreme circumstances” and attributed the review to a…
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