Denuclearization of Korean Peninsula is U.S. policy: State Department

Denuclearization of Korean Peninsula is U.S. policy: State Department

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The comment by State Department spokesman John Kirby at a news briefing followed remarks by the Director of U.S. National Intelligence James Clapper at a Washington think tank that the U.S. policy of trying to persuade North Korea to denuclearize "is probably a lost cause."

(Reporting by David Alexander; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Eric Beech)

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