pentagon. senior military leaders have expressed relief at the announcement, but they plan to keep up military pressure. they met in secret planning room this morning. the fact that kim jong-un accepted the upcoming u.s.-north korean military exercises next month shows he is under extreme pressure. he often tests his missiles or nuclear weapons at -- in response. the u.s. has 28,000 troops on alert status in south korea. any talk of de-nuclearizing will likely include a demand from kim that the u.s. military leave south korea. that may be a non-starter for president trump and the pentagon. the country's top intelligence chief testified on the hill on tuesday they were skeptical about kim jong-un's overtures. sarah huckabee sanders said the south koreans convinced the president that north korea is serious about de-nuclearizing.