North Korea - Obama Presidency Oral History Back North Korea Index / Locations Transcripts Colin Kahl ...challenges from countries like Iran and North Korea in the inbox. And he needed somebody t... Ash Carter ...told them, “It's China, Russia, Iran, North Korea , and terrorists.” And the military, i... Johnnie Carson ...in the world except for Iran and North Korea . They were most rigidly under th... Martin Dempsey ...politicians who want to put pressure on North Korea . And other times, there's dov... ...appeasement would be a better path with North Korea —and who, by the way, often sugges... James Jones ...we had concerns about nuclear issues in North Korea ; we had concerns about Pakistan. W... Harold Hongju Koh ...we did was I went with Albright to North Korea for five days. And I thought, on th... Ben Rhodes ...with the leaders of Cuba, Iran, I think North Korea . He said, “Yes, because what we'v... ...Obama's interest in nonproliferation in North Korea . Do you think Obama thought about thi... ...make a move from being essentially a North Korea –style junta to opening up: that was a... ...of South Korea, and the agenda is North Korea , North Korea, North Korea, China. Yo... ...Korea, and the agenda is North Korea, North Korea , North Korea, China. You meet with th... ...the agenda is North Korea, North Korea, North Korea , China. You meet with the prim... ...and the agenda is the global economy, North Korea , Iran. What happened in the secon... ...expected they were going to talk about North Korea . And all he wanted to talk about wa... Show more... Jeremy Bash ...discussing. So if they were discussing North Korea , the first ten minutes would be about... ...know, assess, believe, with respect to North Korea 's capabilities, their intentions... ...or to conduct these activities against North Korea or Iran's missile capabilities. So th... ...I would also say that the threat from North Korea was ever present, because Kim Jong-u... ...and also to see if we could confront North Korea 's ballistic missile threats, both wit... ...I'm trying to think. We talked about North Korea a little bit. We talked about—I woul... ...threatening of Taiwan, or whether it's North Korea 's actions to develop their own nuclea... Show more... Samuel Locklear ...see the importance and the danger of North Korea was getting worse and worse by the day... ...then it becomes not just a South and North Korea problem; it becomes a regional and ... ...and the changes that were happening in North Korea did that really start to get, We've go... ...like we expected it to. You mentioned North Korea earlier on as an issue that yo... ...reality of the threat. The responses to North Korea 's tests, as I was looking back at th... ...go back in history of negotiations with North Korea , there'd been a long, long histor... ...again. Because the reality, for me, for North Korea is, the only reason Kim Jong-un and hi... ...got a call from folks in Korea.” In North Korea , Kim Jong-un and all the major citie... ...particularly as we continue to have the North Korea positioned as we are. The Obam... ...it was important; as long as you have a North Korea , you need it. There had been som... ...any major issues going on, like in North Korea or something like that, we already hav... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Russia Russia go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Democrats Democrats