Has the U.S. actually succeeded with North Korea? A top admiral says so.

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Has the U.S. actually succeeded with North Korea? A top admiral says so.

By Anna Fifield and Michelle Ye Hee Lee September 6 at 11:04 AM

TOKYO — The international, sanctions-focused approach to dealing with North Korea has been a success, according to the commander of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet, because it has staved off a war in Asia.

Speaking just three days after North Korea detonated a huge nuclear device that was or was close to being a hydrogen bomb, Adm. Scott Swift said that the only alternative to diplomacy and pressure was military action.

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