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Ron Johnson: “Diplomacy has not worked, probably won't work [with North…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson on the Situation Room

Published | Video Starts at 05:00

So that is something we need to be concerned about. The conclusion of our hearing, by the way, at least from my standpoint, was Diplomacy has not worked, probably won't work [with North Korea]. There are a number of high level defections, or they're beginning to be high level defections from Korea. We need to encourage those. We need to provide safe haven for those individuals. (05:00–05:06)

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Asserts that diplomacy has been ineffective and likely will remain ineffective with North Korea.

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