First 100 days: Debate over North Korea

The New York Times : “Hours after North Korea’s missile test, President Obama on Sunday called for new United Nations sanctions and laid out a new approach to American nuclear disarmament policy — one intended to strengthen the United States and its allies in halting proliferation. In his speech, he said North Korea’s missile test illustrated ‘the need for action, not just this afternoon at the U.N. Security Council, but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons.’” “‘Rules must be binding,’ he said. ‘Violations must be punished. Words must mean something.’ Those words were added to the end of a long-planned arms control speech hours before, after the president was awakened at 4:30 a.m. by his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, with news of North Korea’s defiance.” The Washington Post : “Despite the urging of the United States and Japan, the 15-member [UN Security Council] could not agree on a statement criticizing North Korea's rocket launch. China and Russia said they were not ... (link)