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SD Senator Mike Rounds; North Korea Threat Increasing

SD Senator Mike Rounds; North Korea Threat Increasing

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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis responded to North Korea’s latest nuclear test by saying threats to the US and its allies “will be met with a massive military response.”
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un says they set off a “perfect hydrogen bomb” in the underground test.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the threat from North Korea is real, and increasing…..

Rounds says while the US can inflict major damage on North Korea, attacks on South Korea can not be prevented…..

Rounds says the US has to make it clear to the North Koreans the danger they are facing…..

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday.

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