Obzw Heat On N. Korea Over Nukes Program
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence says North Korea has followedthrough on its threat to advance its nuclear weapons program.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper saidWednesday that the North has expanded the size of its uranium enrichmentfacility at its Nyongbyon nuclear complex and restarted a plutonium reactorthat was shut down in 2007.Clapper s written testimony to the Senate IntelligenceCommittee concurs with the assessments of think tanks that monitor NorthKorea s nuclear program using commercial satellite imagery. South Koreanintelligence also says the reactor has restarted.North Korea announced its intention to adjust andalter its existing nuclear facilities after an atomic test explosion lastFebruary, backtracking from denuclearization commitments.Clapper said the North has taken initial steps towardfielding a road-mobile interco nike air force ntinental ballistic missile although it remainsuntested. The revelation from Clapper comes as NorthKorea s propaganda machine is churning out near-daily diatribes against theUnited States and South Korea for a series of soon-to-start military maneuvers,warning nuclear war could be imminent and saying it will take dramatic ac adidas originals forum tionof its own if further provoked.In the latest of the North s increasingly frequent salvo yeezy foam sagainst the exercises, it said through its state-run media that the UnitedStates is building up its military forces in Asia so it can invade the country-- formally called the Democratic People s Republic of Korea, or Ytxg Europe to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports
Leon Panetta testifies during his confirmation hearing to become Defense Secretary in this June 9, 2011 file photo. Win McNamee/G stanley cup etty Images The United States is within reach of strategically defeating al Qaeda, Leon Panetta declared, as
