Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the prospect of U. S. military action remains on the table in response to North Korea’s nuclear threat, rejecting an assertion by senior White House adviser Stephen Bannon that there’s no such option.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the prospect of U. S. military action remains on the table in response to North Korea’s nuclear threat, rejecting an assertion by senior White House adviser Stephen Bannon that there’s no such option.
The remarks from the Cabinet secretaries, after meeting with their Japanese counterparts at the State Department Thursday, made clear that they spurned Bannon’s comments in an interview with “The American Prospect” that there was no “military solution here, they got us.”
While Tillerson said he wouldn’ t comment on Bannon’s statement, he pointedly added, “Our approach has been endorsed by the president.
