Gates says U.S. won't accept nuclear North Korea

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Source: Japan Today

Gates says U.S. won't accept nuclear North Korea
Wednesday 21st October, 05:33 PM JST

SEOUL —
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats “even more lethal and destabilizing” than before.

Gates arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for a two-day visit for annual defense ministers’ talks with South Korea after a stop in Tokyo.

“There should be no mistaking that we do not today—nor will we ever—accept a North Korea with nuclear weapons,” Gates told a group of American and South Korean troops at the U.S. military headquarters in central Seoul.

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He said the U.S. is firmly committed to providing South Korea with deterrence against those threats “with the full range of military might, from the nuclear umbrella to conventional strike and missile defense capabilities.”


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Does this mean we are arming South Korea with nukes?