North Korea's Neighbors Are Getting Nervous

TOWN HALL - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives his remarks to U.S. and Republic of Korea soldiers during a town hall meeting on Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 21, 2009. Gates is in South Korea to discuss a broad range of defense issues with local leaders. DoD Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

In South Korea, Gates Underscores Threat From North -- Christian Science Monitor

Secretary of Defense Gates reassured jittery South Korea of firm US commitment to deterring North's conventional forces and confronting its nuclear threat.

Seoul, South Korea - For jittery South Korean officials, the assurance from Defense Secretary Robert Gates was exactly what they wanted while waiting for the United States finally to agree on bilateral talks with North Korea.

The essence of Mr. Gates's message to the South, as delivered Wednesday before soldiers at the central US military base here: No way would the US "ever accept a North Korea with nuclear weapons."

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