Top House Republican foreign policy, military and intelligence lawmakers are sounding the alarm over what they way is Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling, calling on President Biden to leverage “every tool of national power” to deter the Kremlin from nuclear aggression amid the clash over Ukraine.
Reps. Michael T. McCaul of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Mike Turner of Ohio said in a letter to Mr. Biden on Friday that recent public statements from Russian officials suggest the Kremlin views the use of nuclear weapons as “an acceptable option to achieve their malign and illegal objectives in Europe.”
“Such threats are unprecedented and are reminiscent of the rhetoric of Russian leaders at the height of the Cold War,” the lawmakers, who serve as the ranking members of the House Foreign Affairs, Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, wrote.