We begin with a message out of Washington.<br />The U.S. State Department has confirmed that the entirety of North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program is in conflict with UN Security Council resolutions.<br />Addressing questions on the North's firing of short-range missiles on May 9th,... State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus stressed that what Washington is focused on, however, is continuing negotiations with the regime to bring a peaceful end to its WMD program. <br />The remarks come as she answered reporters' questions to clarify the State Department's position after President Trump appeared to have contradicted his national security advisor over the North's latest launch.<br />During his joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Monday,... Trump downplayed the missile launches saying all Kim Jong-un may want is (quote) "attention." <br /><br />
