… 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. And so the only viable option that I see before us today is a diplomatic one. And that can only be pursued if two things happen. (03:38–03:45)
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Asserts that the lack of good options regarding North Korea is due to past bipartisan leadership failures.
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