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Royce Reacts to North Korean Attack on South Korean Island
"The regime has shown its DNA for those willing to see it"
Washington,
Nov 23 -
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee and senior member of the Subcommittee on Asia issued the following statement in reaction to North Korea’s artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong:
"This is the latest in a long list of aggressive acts by the North Korean regime.
"Those that have watched Pyongyang shred international agreements, attack its neighbors and race towards nuclear weapons are not surprised by its latest attack on innocents. The regime has long shown its DNA for those willing to see it.
"Maybe this attack will wake-up American diplomats addicted to soft-line diplomacy.
"The United States is right to condemn this attack and to stand by our South Korean ally in the pursuit of stability in a region of critical importance."
Latest reports indicate that the attack set dozens of residential homes on fire, wounded civilians and soldiers and killed two South Korean Marines.
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