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Rhetoric and brinksmanship on the Korean Peninsula
For 25 years, the US has viewed North Korea's nuclear program with increasing alarm. Now President Trump says this country has lost its "strategic patience." We hear what he's actually doing… and what might come next.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford (R) depart after briefing members of the US Senate on North Korea at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2017. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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