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Through diplomatic means. so what are our options? cory? i think there are several options. and they all have been tried but never tried at the same time. it looks to me like the only thing that has restrained the north korean nuclear program was the secondary sanctions that the bush administration put on through 2 005 through 2007, which penalized chinese and other banks that operate in the dollar zone if they were doing business with north korea. that appeared to work. and we ought to move very quickly down that path. there is a military option, but the fundamental constraint on that is the vulnerability of the population of south korea s capital to artillery from the north korea. now, admiral, i ve heard cory, giving you a chance to clear your throat, admiral, i heard people from this administration say fundamentally, if we felt that ....