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Trump picks official involved in Bush-era torture program as his nuclear envoy

  • Marshall Billingslea oversaw Guantánamo detainees’ treatment
  • Trump wants to negotiate new deal with Russia and China

The Trump administration has chosen a special envoy for nuclear talks, with the principal task of negotiating a new arms control agreement with Russia and China, according to congressional sources and former officials.

Related: US nuclear weapons: first low-yield warheads roll off the production line

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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