The Trump administration has said it's aiming to push North Korea into dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes through tougher international sanctions, and diplomatic pressure.
A statement from the Secretaries of State and Defence, alongside the Director of National Intelligence, described North Korea as 'an urgent national security threat and top foreign policy priority'.
It comes after all 100 US Senators received a briefing on the administration's strategy towards Pyongyang at the White House. One of them, Democrat Chris Coons of Delaware, said he's glad the Trump administration is watching the situation closely but he doesn't think the use of force is imminent:
IN: The threat from...
OUT: ...to force one
DUR: 20 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0426coons1.mp3
IN: This is a...
OUT: ...very threatening technologies
DUR: 15 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0426coons2.mp3
A statement from the Secretaries of State and Defence, alongside the Director of National Intelligence, described North Korea as 'an urgent national security threat and top foreign policy priority'.
It comes after all 100 US Senators received a briefing on the administration's strategy towards Pyongyang at the White House. One of them, Democrat Chris Coons of Delaware, said he's glad the Trump administration is watching the situation closely but he doesn't think the use of force is imminent:
IN: The threat from...
OUT: ...to force one
DUR: 20 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0426coons1.mp3
IN: This is a...
OUT: ...very threatening technologies
DUR: 15 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0426coons2.mp3