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To join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening path several months past when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea than perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are that what they are doing has been working and north korea feels squeezed by this. A senior official told me last night, they feel they have made more progress on north korea in last six months than the u. S. Has made in decades. Where does that leave us . Who should we believe . What options
Good morning. It is great to see so many familiar faces this morning. Were looking forward to a timely event as we address the threats posed by north korea and u. S. Policy options. Todays event will be livestream and i encourage guests here in i encourage guests here and online to join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening past several months when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea then perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are those in the admi
Winning the presidency and the 20 17th elections in south korea the 20 17th elections in south korea. Thanks very much for coming to this event for a discussion of north korea. You will notice that clever play words. Normally we have a 30 chance drop a great for those who signal attendance. I think today we had a 30 increase in attendance. I think that is a true to our speakers and the issue at hand, which is one of the top Security Issues facing not just the United States, but the world. This event is part of a dialogue series where we seek to address and shed light on the issues that come up. The dialogue is a gathering of defense ministers around the region and in other countries. There is one asian defense minister who will not be there. That is the north korean. I tried many times to get the North Koreans to come and it has been a failure every time i have my annual review as an area to improve on. Lets get serious about north korea. We have four Renowned Experts to address aspect
Jobs doing security. Watch on cspan and cspan. Okay and listen using the free cspan radio app. On the other hand, you know, you hear those in the administration arguing, there are actually signs that the Pressure Campaign they have been pursuing is working and that north korea clearly feels squeezed by this. As a Senior Administration official told me last night they feel theyve made more progress on north korea in the last few months than the u. S. Has made in decades. So where does that leave us and who should we believe, and what options are there now to counter proliferation and to address grievous Human Rights Concerns about north korea, to counter the norths growing cyber threat . Well, were going to try to tackle some of these tough questions today and thankfully we have a panel assembled of some of the top experts in each of these areas. Tom is the assistant secretary of was assistant secretary of state for democracy human rights and labor under the Obama Administration from 20