… I've been here talking about how real this threat is, because this has been very real for the people of my home state of Hawaii, who have long known that North Korea's continued growing capabilities put us squarely within range of their intercontinental ballistic missiles. The fact that we are in this position today, where we have no good options left to us, really is a failure of past leadership, both Democrat and Republican. (03:28–03:36)
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Asserts that North Korea's missile capabilities threaten Hawaii.
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