Mattis: U.S. can’t accept nuclear North Korea
28 October 2017 |
3:30 pm
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he cannot imagine the United States ever accepting a nuclear North Korea, warning that its rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programs would undermine, not strengthen, its security.
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