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Tulsi Gabbard: “President Obama refused to engage with Kim Jong Un.”

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Published November 1, 2024 | Video Starts at 08:09

If you don't have that open line of communication, it's going to be very hard to deconflict those tensions and to have straight conversations about what's at stake and how to work through those things. President Obama refused to engage with Kim Jong Un. refused. And the reason his administration gave was we don't want to reward Kim Jong Un with a meeting with President Obama. And it just, it always boggled my mind because it's not a reward. (08:09–08:13)

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