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Obama: North Korea can not be a nuclear power: US President Barack Obama has said North Korea’s track record of proliferation makes it unacceptable for Pyongyang to be a nuclear power.http://www.euronews.net/latest/2009/06/16/obama-north-korea-can-not-be-a-nuclear-power/


Obama labels nuclear-armed NKorea 'grave threat': -- Declaring North Korea a "grave threat" to the world, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the U.S. and its allies will aggressively enforce fresh international penalties against the nuclear-armed nation and stop rewarding its leaders for repeated provocations.
http://www.euronews.net/latest/2009/06/16/obama-north-korea-can-not-be-a-nuclear-power/

U.S. Recommits to Keeping S. Korea Under its Nuke Umbrella: U.S. President Barack Obama pledged anew on June 16 to defend South Korea by keeping the country under its nuclear umbrella as North Korea's nuclear and missile threats heighten.
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=8497

DPRK threatens to launch pre-emptive strike against U.S.: "Under the present situation where the Korean People's Army (KPA) is technically at war with the U.S. imperialists, and as the Armistice Agreement has lost its legal binding force, the KPA will promptly exercise the right to a pre-emptive strike to beat back the enemies' slightest provocation," Pak said.