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'If it flies, it will die': Pacific commander says the US can knock down...
Ahead of an extraordinary White House briefing for senators, close ally South Korea on Wednesday started installing key parts of a contentious U.S. defense system against missiles from North Korea. And...
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US Admiral warns that more missile defenses are needed to protect against...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may need to strengthen its missile defenses, particularly in Hawaii, given the advancing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs, the top...
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A submarine that carries US Navy SEALs just arrived off the coast of North Korea
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday that the USS Michigan, a submarine that sometimes moves special forces like US Navy SEALs, would join the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike...
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White House briefs entire Senate during a scary moment of tension with North...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration hosted senators for an extraordinary White House briefing Wednesday at a perilous moment with North Korea, marked by the unpredictable nation's nuclear threats and...
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'Past efforts have failed': White House announces tough new strategy on North...
A joint statement from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates outlined the US's new stance on North Korea on Wednesday."Past...
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The White House's all-hands briefing on North Korea sounded like it was a...
The entire US Senate was bused to the White House on Wednesday afternoon to receive a much-hyped classified briefing on North Korea — but some Senators emerged from the all-hands meeting unimpressed by...
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Bernie Sanders: Trump's big North Korea meeting was a 'road show for the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont did not mince words when describing the all-hands Senate meeting at the White House on Wednesday, including the reason behind his decisision not to attend."I did not want...
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Here's how Trump plans to stop North Korea — and what's wrong with his approach
President Donald Trump has a plan to stop North Korea, and it doesn't sound much different from past efforts.According to a statement from his top officials on Monday, here's the plan:"The President’s...
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ADMIRAL: The North Korea crisis is the worst I've ever seen
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific says the crisis with North Korea is at the worst point he's ever seen. But he declined to compare the...
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McCain: When North Korea can threaten the US with a nuke, we should strike
Sen. John McCain said Thursday that the U.S. must be prepared to strike North Korea once it is sure that country can threaten the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.McCain was briefed on North Korea by the...
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China says it is open to talks with the US on the North Korea nuclear crisis
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China on Thursday welcomed an apparently softer tone by the United States on the North Korean nuclear and missile crisis but stressed its opposition to a U.S. missile defence...
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US House of Representatives could vote on tighter North Korea sanctions...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives could vote as soon as next week on legislation to toughen sanctions on North Korea by targeting its shipping industry and companies that do...
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Trump floats the possibility of a 'major, major' conflict with North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic...
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Trump applauded North Korea's leader after floating the possibility of a...
President Donald Trump appeared to commend North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's ability to control his country."Not many 27-year-old men could go in and take over a regime," Trump said in a Reuters...
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South Korea rebuffs Trump's $1 billion use-charge for a US missile-defense...
President Donald Trump hinted at stipulations for the US deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system that is being activated in South Korea.Trump said that he wanted South...
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Trump says he'll revisit 'horrible' US-South Korea trade deal, demands...
U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Thursday he will either renegotiate or terminate what he called a "horrible" free trade deal with South Korea and said Seoul should pay for a U.S....
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Secretary of State Tillerson is going to the UN to push tougher sanctions on...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will press the United Nations Security Council on Friday to further isolate North Korea by swiftly imposing stronger sanctions in the event of further provocations...
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GOP CONGRESSMAN: South Korea is less 'alarmed than we are' about North Korea
Rep. Charlie Dent predicted Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un won't undertake any massive military actions that threaten the survival of his regime.Dent, R-Penn., said on CNN Friday that...
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Secretary of State Tillerson: The UN must act 'before North Korea does'
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday the threat of an attack by Pyongyang against Japan and South Korea is real and urged the U.N. Security Council to act "before North Korea does."In...
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The Trump administration just signaled it may take the only action that could...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled on Friday that the Trump administration may have finally accepted the one course of action that could stop North Korea's nuclear threat to the world: direct...
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