U.S. military acting to reduce role of nuke weapons

Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. undersecretary for arms control and international security, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the U.S. State Department in Washington on April 24, 2015. Gottemoeller said the U.S. military, in response to a 2013 guideline, has been reviewing operational planning to reduce the role of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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