THREAD: When I was sworn in to the Senate in 2015, I referred to Kim Jong Un as the “Forgotten Maniac”. At the time, few were paying attention to the grave threat posed by NK to the US and our allies, while the Obama Admin. followed a failing policy of “strategic patience”. 1/11
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My new bipartisan bill, the LEED Act, would impose an economic embargo on North Korea and its enablers, wherever they are based. You can read more about it here: https://www.gardner.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/gardner-markey-introduce-expanded-north-korea-policy-and-sanctions-legislation … 7/11
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As a starting point for any negotiations, we must demand that the regime adheres to the commitments it has already made to the United States to denuclearize, and has since repeatedly violated. 8/11
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In the meantime, as I wrote in my letter yesterday with my colleagues on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee, sanctions and joint military exercises w/ our allies must continue. https://www.gardner.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/gardner-urges-president-trump-to-continue-maximum-pressure-campaign-on-north-korea … 9/11
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Kim Jong Un must know that we will not hesitate to protect the U.S. homeland, our troops in the region, and our treaty allies, with overwhelming military force, if necessary. 10/11
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We must verify BEFORE we trust. The stakes are high.
@POTUS can change the course of history, but it must be done through a position of strength and be consistent with long-standing U.S. policy and national security goals. 11/11Show this thread
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Well, "your" legislation, but it was Obama's signature that put it into effect, right? http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN0VR2KQ …
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