WASHINGTON – The chair of a House of Representatives subcommittee took the Obama administration to task for not doing enough about North Korea’s nuclear program, just days after a bill strengthening sanctions passed the House.

"A non-nuclear North Korea is an elusive goal if the administration maintains its current strategic trajectory," said Republican Congressmen Steve Chabot, who chaired a House Committee on Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing this Wednesday assessing the Obama administration's current strategic patience policy. This meeting followed the U.S. House of Representatives' unanimous passage of H.R. 1771, or North Korean Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2013 on Monday.