SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed doubt Thursday that diplomacy will persuade North Korea to surrender its nuclear weapons and he raised the prospect of stalemate leading to “escalation and confrontation.”
After meetings with South Korea’s government leaders, Panetta told reporters he was concerned by North Korea’s pattern of deliberately shifting from periods of modest accommodation with the West to episodes of violent aggression.
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U.S. doubts diplomacy will sway North Korea on nuclear weapons
October 26, 2011