The Biden administration announced Monday that it is extending for another year a more than decade old executive order declaring a national emergency over the nuclear threat from North Korea.
Why it matters: In a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Biden noted North Korea’s “pursuit of nuclear and missile programs” and its other “provocative, destabilizing” actions continue to pose a threat to U.S. national security.
- National emergencies regarding North Korea were previously declared by the Trump, Obama and Bush administrations.
The state of play: Biden’s special envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, said Monday that the administration hopes for a positive response from North Korea to its offer of talks, the Associated Press reports.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told reporters last week that the country should prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the U.S.
Read more at Axios.
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how does this make sense: lift sanctions on Russia and put them on N. Korea. As the former foreign relations chief Gawtes (for obama) said biden never made a good foreign relations decision. And the streak continues for the old fool
If you still believe that Biden is president who’s the old fool?