National security adviser Jake Sullivan clarified the United States would not retaliate with chemical weapons, despite President Joe Biden saying he would respond “in kind,” should Russian President Vladimir Putin tap into his chemical arsenal in Ukraine.

“The United States has no intention of using chemical weapons, period, under any circumstance,” Sullivan told reporters Friday on Air Force One.

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