has been sustained across many administrations republican and democrat alike since the country s founding, and that is no different today. sorry, running out of the north korea was the next one? korea keep at it. iran. yeah. i mean, obviously, and in regards to north korea, our prin principle concern has been the potential for has been the proliferation of nuclear weapons to that country, and the potential that they could spread the technology to others whether they be rogue states or terrorist organizations. we have sought working with others, china, russia, south korea, and so forth to engage the north koreans in six-party talks to try to get them back into compliance with their treaty obligations, to denuclearize and so forth, but in the absence of progress there, we have with u.n. sanction imposed along with the international community, some pretty severe sanctions on many of the activities. we have just witnessed a leadership transition or we are witnessing a tra