Denuclearization of the korean peninsula. This will impose sanctions on north korea that will continue our progress toward that goal. Additionally reminder, no, know, has sported acts of International Terrorism including assassinations oregon foreign soil. The president s position is this, the north korea north korean regime mug cease all support for bier National Terror jim. This afternoon, we have secretary of state Rex Tillerson with us to answer some of your questions on this topic. He will come up and make couple of remarks and then take case on that topic and i well be back after that to answer other news of the day. With that, mr. Secretary. Thank you, sarah, as sarah indicated the president did make the designation earlier today, announced in the cabinet meet, and i think its really just the latest step in a series of you can see ongoing steps to increase the pressure, i call it the peaceful Pressure Campaign. The president calls it the maximum Pressure Campaign so theres no co
It is not doing. House Speaker Paul Ryan responded to the announcement about north korea, tweeting, i strongly support this decision, which is an important step in Holding North Korea accountable for its wide range of disabling activities. Democratic senator of massachusetts since the message, potus decision to designate north korea a state sponsor of nothing to hold pyongyang accountable for its Nuclear Ballistic missile programs. Only pressure plus direct diplomacy can help us achieve the ultimate goal of peaceful and complete denuclearization of the peninsula. Later in the day, secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke about the decision at the white house briefing. Ms. Sanders good afternoon. Thank you guys for being patient with us. I brought a special guest so i figure you might be okay if we were a little delayed. As you all know, the president hosted a very productive Cabinet Meeting this morning and made some news by announcing the United States has again designated north korea a
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Thank you guys for being good afternoon. Thank you guys for being patient with us. I brought a very special guest. I figured you might be ok if we were a little delayed. As you know the president hosted a very productive Cabinet Meeting this morning and made some news by announing the United States has designated north korea a state sponsor of terrorism and one of the goals of his recent trip was to pursue the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. There will impose increased sanctions and penalties on north korea that will continue our progress toward that goal. Additionally, it is a reminder that north korea has repeatedly supported International Acts of terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. The president s position is this. The north korean regime must be lawful. It must end its unlawful nuclear and ballistic program. We have secretary of state Rex Tillerson to answer some of yours questions on this topic. He will come up and make a couple of remarks and take quest
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