Countdown to conflict: Mike Pence says the era of strategic patience is over as administration beats drum for war – Salon

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While most Americans are not confident in President Donald Trumps ability to deal with the North Korean crisis, both the administrations rhetoric and the responses of North Korea and its allies are causing things to heat up in the region.

During an unannounced visit to the Demilitarized Zone a 2.5-mile-wide stretch of land filled with landmines that stretches across the border of North and South Korea Vice President Mike Pence declared that, in light of North Koreas continued attempts at testing a nuclear missile, the era of strategic patience is over.

Pences comment was most likely a reference to the policy of bilaterial U.S.-North Korean relations articulated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during President Barack Obamas administration. At that time, Clinton famously declared that the administration would handle North Korea with strategic patience in close consultations with our six party allies.

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April 17th, 2017
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