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Nuclear armed country. whether you want to accept it or not a country that is armed with nuclear weapons. >> the president's statements stand for itself. >> it's not obsessing to want to know more. >> i see a packed room of journalists here, and normally there aren't half as many as there are here today. that shows a greater indication of your interest. >> so, i mean, of course, you know, any time the president says something that sounds like the u.s. might be on the brink of water with another country, there's going to be a lot of reporter interest in this. heather's responsibilities there to...

>> that's right. secretary mattis has been measured while talking about the asia region and the region with north korea since he became secretary of defense. just as evidence of how significant this problem is and how he recognizes that, his very first overseas trip back in february was to south korea and to japan. the statement that came out yesterday was more bellicose than what we usually see from secretary of defense jim mattis. the state department responded to this yesterday with the spokesperson there, heather newa eve rt. on the surface it appeared that president trump was even more fi...