Jeff Sessions actually said...

So they are planning and exercising in their war games the utilization of nuclear weapons?

You do think providing a nuclear umbrella to our allies in the region is something that would have to be considered?

I do not believe it is fair to say we are acting on--is the possibility of configuring our nuclear arsenal with more specialized weapons.

It is essentially not a fighting force. It signals that we are completely out of the fight militarily, I would suggest.