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The article, authored by CNN analyst Jim Sciutto, features insights from two senior officials in the U.S. President Joe Biden administration. The White House was specifically concerned Russia might use a tactical or battlefield nuclear weapon, the officials said. The level of planning was unprecedented, CNN said. “That’s what the conflict presented us, and so we believed ­and I think it’s our right ­to prepare rigorously and do everything possible to avoid that happening,” the first senior administration official said. The U.S. was not driven to this level of planning by a single indicator but…

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