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US must adjust approach to threats like ‘nuclear-armed’ North Korea: Rubio

Secretary of state’s remarks follow Trump comments about DPRK nuclear status and amid growing US focus on China

The U.S. must recalibrate its diplomatic strategy in response to an evolving global landscape that includes "a nuclear-armed North Korea,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, following similar remarks by Trump administration officials about the DPRK’s nuclear status.

Rubio made the remark in a media interview in which he made the case for rethinking American foreign policy priorities in the “new world that’s taking shape,” according to a transcript released by his office.

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