The morning after President Donald Trump vowed to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons,” his pick to lead U.S. Strategic Command fielded questions from senators who wondered what the president meant and what the nominee planned to do about it.

“If confirmed in the role of the STRATCOM commander, my role would be to provide military advice, and I would look forward to working with the committee and policy members to inform the way ahead with respect to any testing, whether that's testing of our missile systems, or maturity associated with surety” of nuclear weapons, said Vice Adm. Richard Correll, a submariner and STRATCOM’s deputy commander.

That was the gist of Correll’s testimony during his confirmation hearing Thursday as lawmakers tried to parse exactly what Trump meant when he c

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