The Presidential Daily Brief

China Must Help Denuclearize North Korea

With yet another missile test last week, Pyongyang attempted to demonstrate it can strike anywhere inside the United States. We have two unacceptable, unthinkable options in North Korea: allowing the nuclear threat to continue to evolve, or engaging in conflict to eliminate that threat. The only acceptable alternative is for China to exert the leverage it has over Pyongyang to find a peaceful solution on the Korean peninsula.