Gates: More Pressure Might Get North Korea to Change Tactics

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SINGAPORE - North Korea's progress on nuclear weapons and long- range missiles is "a harbinger of a dark future" and has created an urgent need for more pressure on the reclusive communist government to change its ways, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.

He said the North's nuclear program does not "at this point" represent a direct military threat to the United States and he does not plan to build up American troops in the region. But the North's efforts pose the potential for an arms race in Asia that could spread beyond the region, he added.

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Gates: More Pressure Might Get North Korea to Change Tactics

At an annual meeting of defense and security officials, the Pentagon chief sai...

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