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US official defends Trump’s nuclear test comments by citing mounting risks from other states

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FILE - A mushroom cloud rises from a test blast at the Nevada Test Site on June 24, 1957. (U.S. Energy Department via AP, File)
FILE - Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) speaks after taking part in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on maintenance of international peace and security Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, March 18, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

FILE - A mushroom cloud rises from a test blast at the Nevada Test Site on June 24, 1957. (U.S. Energy Department via AP, File)