{"594421":{"#nid":"594421","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Sam Nunn Talks North Korea and Russia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESam Nunn, distinguished professor in the\u0026nbsp;Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, was interviewed in\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Sam Nunn Talks North Korea and Russia\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell I think, first of all, when you\u0026#39;re dealing with North Korea, I think statements we make ought to be very carefully framed.\u0026nbsp; I prefer the approach that Mattis, Secretary of Defense, took this morning with a very carefully worded statement that was very appropriate and gave the kind of warning without causing great alarm around the world and possible reactions that we don\u0026#39;t want in North Korea and other places.\u0026nbsp; In fairness to President Trump, he is trying to deter conflict by North Korea and this behavior by conflict. \u0026nbsp;But saying that we were going to respond to North Korean threats, which basically occur probably every month, North Korea, always wants to get attention. \u0026nbsp;And they always have extreme rhetoric and they\u0026#39;re always making threats.\u0026nbsp; Mattis basically framed his statement to talk about North Korean actions and that is the way it ought to be framed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut one of the things that I would add is that we\u0026rsquo;ve got to be careful about South Korea. \u0026nbsp;We can\u0026#39;t give the impression to South Korea, our ally, and also this applies to Japan -- that we care only about threats against America. \u0026nbsp;We are sworn to help protect the South Koreans. \u0026nbsp;And we need to keep that in mind because we do not want to see a split between the United States and the South Koreans based on their fear of some of our own language.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EListen to full interview \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gpbnews.org\/post\/sam-nunn-talks-north-korea-and-russia-0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-08-14 19:20:20","changed_gmt":"2017-08-15 12:59:43","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Whistle Bistro","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/gpbnews.org\/post\/sam-nunn-talks-north-korea-and-russia-0","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"495021":{"id":"495021","type":"image","title":"Senator Sam Nunn","body":null,"created":"1454612400","gmt_created":"2016-02-04 19:00:00","changed":"1475895253","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:13","alt":"Senator Sam Nunn","file":{"fid":"204560","name":"senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":320620,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_1.jpg?itok=PhiNOcj2"}}},"media_ids":["495021"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4042","name":"North Korea"},{"id":"544","name":"Nuclear"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}