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The general expressed confidence that the United States? nuclear arsenal remained effective: ?I sleep very well at night,? he said.
President Trump has sent mixed signals about his stance toward Russia and nuclear weapons.
General Weinstein is among those who have accused the Russians of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987.
?I do not know where we?re going to come out on that.
?He also said ?unrealistic expectations? of denuclearization had increased the appeal of a global treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons and eventually eliminate them.
PhotoThe general who oversees the United States? atomic weapons arsenal has expressed concern over what he described as ?much more aggressive? behavior by Russia in recent years, saying it justifies the need for a strengthened and modernized nuclear deterrent force in this country.