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WASHINGTON (AP) Joe Biden s arrival in the White House nearly a year ago seemed to herald a historic shift toward less U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons and possibly a shrinking of their numbers. Even an American
US President Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House nearly a year ago seemed to herald a historic shift toward less US reliance on nuclear weapons and possibly a shrinking of their numbers. Even a pledge of “no first use” a promise to never again be the first to use a nuclear weapon seemed possible.
Then China happened revelations about its expanding nuclear force and talk of potential war with Taiwan.
Then Russia happened signs that it might be preparing to invade Ukraine.
Now, major shifts in US nuclear weapons policy seem much less likely, and while Biden might