Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Just seven days after his inauguration, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to conduct a review - a review of the nation's nuclear weapons. That review is almost complete, and it paints a picture of a more dangerous nuclear world. It also recommends some pretty big changes to U.S. policy. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel covers nuclear weapons. He's here now. Welcome. GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: Thank you. KELLY: How par for the course is this? Presidents - do they always come into office, get elected, take the oath, order up a nuclear review? BRUMFIEL: (Laughter) Well, it is not required, but it has become increasingly common. So President George W. Bush did a review. Barack Obama did the last one in 2010. It's called a Nuclear Posture Review, and so it's sort of a summation... KELLY: The other NPR. BRUMFIEL: The other NPR, indeed - of where we are with nuclear weapons, what kind of weapons we have, what our policies are. The Huffington
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