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Clear cut strategy on how to deal with north korea? >> well, fredricka t might , it evolving. some of the points are quite interesting when he talks about not telegraphing his intentions and kind of buttering up for lack of a better term kim jong-un. it's a very interesting technique. i'm not sure it's a full blown strategy yet. but the fact that he is doing this is clearly showing a degree of engagement that we haven't necessarily seen with some other issues. so what he's beginning to i think put his foot forward in this area and he knows that it's a very serious problem and he's acting accor...

Hamid karzai was wounded by that and he reacted in a way that damaged the u.s. relationship with afghanistan. for political consumption the white house says hamid karzai did make that threat. never taken seriously here, but he said if you keep laying on me i might join the taliban or i might think about that. all that led the white house to dramatically shift the way the issues are being presented publicly. now it's all about diplomatic buttering up. this is prime diplomatic real estate for any head of state. he can say to the world, i was in the east room with the president of the united stat...