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Calista241

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Wed Aug 9, 2017, 03:32 PM Aug 2017

Mattis warns North Korea of 'end of its regime,' 'destruction of its people' [View all]

Source: ABC News

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis cautioned Wednesday that North Korea's actions "will continue to be grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates," a day after President Donald Trump issued a similar warning in the wake of reports North Korea is continuing to advance its nuclear capabilities.

Mattis added that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should "take heed" of the United Nations Security Council's "unified voice," referring to recent sanctions issued against the nation, and called for the country to "cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/mattis-warns-north-korea-end-regime-destruction-people/story?id=49116627

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