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Hillary calls Obama a pussy on North Korea. Sanctions are "not enough"
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Date: September 09, 2016 07:51PM
Pressure grew on President Barack Obama on Friday — including from his own party's nominee, Hillary Clinton — to take more aggressive action against North Korea for its latest nuclear weapons test, including using new sanctions authority that could put the White House at odds with China, Pyongyang's protector and largest trading partner.
The fifth and largest underground test, which came on the heels of three provocative missile tests, stoked new fears that North Korea’s boasts that it can place a hydrogen bomb atop long-range missiles may soon be reality.
Members of Congress in both parties condemned the regime's latest flouting of United Nations resolutions that prohibit its nuclear and missile programs. But a number of leading Republicans also accused Obama of being soft on Chinese companies, banks, and individuals doing business with North Korea who they said could be sanctioned under a law passed in February.
Obama "should immediately make full use of the sanctions authorities Congress gave him earlier this year," House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement, "and he should join me in urging China, as Pyongyang’s chief sponsor, to fully enforce the international sanctions on the Kim regime."
Clinton called the test "outrageous and unacceptable" in a statement of her own, describing North Korea's "determination to develop a deliverable nuclear weapon" as a "direct threat to the United States." The former secretary of state also urged the U.S. to "make sure" China will "meaningfully increase pressure on North Korea."
In a further effort to distance herself from current policy, Clinton also called for a "rethinking" of America's strategy toward North Korea during a news conference in New York. Sanctions are "not enough," she said, proposing an "urgent effort" to pressure Beijing into cracking down on Pyongyang.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump only briefly mentioned North Korea in his speech to religious voters on Friday afternoon, but his campaign issued a statement blaming Clinton for the nuclear test. North Korea's action, Trump communications aide Jason Miller said, “is yet one more example of Hillary Clinton's catastrophic failures as secretary of state. Clinton promised to work to end North Korea’s nuclear program as secretary of state, yet the program has only grown in strength and sophistication."
The fifth and largest underground test, which came on the heels of three provocative missile tests, stoked new fears that North Korea’s boasts that it can place a hydrogen bomb atop long-range missiles may soon be reality.
Members of Congress in both parties condemned the regime's latest flouting of United Nations resolutions that prohibit its nuclear and missile programs. But a number of leading Republicans also accused Obama of being soft on Chinese companies, banks, and individuals doing business with North Korea who they said could be sanctioned under a law passed in February.
Obama "should immediately make full use of the sanctions authorities Congress gave him earlier this year," House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement, "and he should join me in urging China, as Pyongyang’s chief sponsor, to fully enforce the international sanctions on the Kim regime."
Clinton called the test "outrageous and unacceptable" in a statement of her own, describing North Korea's "determination to develop a deliverable nuclear weapon" as a "direct threat to the United States." The former secretary of state also urged the U.S. to "make sure" China will "meaningfully increase pressure on North Korea."
In a further effort to distance herself from current policy, Clinton also called for a "rethinking" of America's strategy toward North Korea during a news conference in New York. Sanctions are "not enough," she said, proposing an "urgent effort" to pressure Beijing into cracking down on Pyongyang.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump only briefly mentioned North Korea in his speech to religious voters on Friday afternoon, but his campaign issued a statement blaming Clinton for the nuclear test. North Korea's action, Trump communications aide Jason Miller said, “is yet one more example of Hillary Clinton's catastrophic failures as secretary of state. Clinton promised to work to end North Korea’s nuclear program as secretary of state, yet the program has only grown in strength and sophistication."