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The Hill: Dems after Asia trip: No 'illusions' about N. Korea's nuclear work amid Olympics talks
North Korea continues to work on its nuclear and missile programs as talks with South Korea about the Winter Olympics progress, a pair of Democratic lawmakers told reporters Wednesday after returning from a trip to Japan and South Korea.
“It is a positive sign that the North Koreans are participating in the Olympics, but also very clearly from our military leaders … they’re not refraining from continuing to move forward with their efforts to solve the final problems with being able to nuclearize an intercontinental ballistic missile that can hit the American homeland,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said.
“So while they’re doing this, they’re still continuing to pursue their nuclear development, and that was not something that anybody that we talked to had any illusions about, whether it was civilian or military," she added.
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No illusions that American is also working on its Nuclear program at the same time. WTF is the big deal about their nuclear ambitions, they are a nuclear Nation with nuclear reactors. It is this way for a reason, that reason is global security, America had its chance back in 1950's and instead of pushing advantage they were to widely influenced by their Asians counterparts and rice farmed Japan rather then win the Korean war.
Ditto. It's a big deal,and it needs to be dismantled one way or another.
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