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The United States must stay the course with North Korea

By Joseph R. DeTrani

In this April 8, 2012, file photo, a soldier stands in front of the Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is reportedly restoring facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it had dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year. A major South Korean newspaper reports that the country's spy service gave such an assessment to lawmakers in a private briefing on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

North Korea said to be rebuilding structures at rocket site

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea's delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

N. Korean state media stays quiet on Trump-Kim summit, focuses instead on ‘goodwill’ of Vietnam trip

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 4, 2019. Moon said Seoul will actively try to get the nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang quickly back on track. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul calls for three-way talks after Trump-Kim collapse

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea's delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Trump claims Cohen hearing may have hurt North Korea summit

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Illustration on U.S. recognition of bad international deals by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Choosing what’s in America’s interest does not mean embracing ‘America alone’

By Ed Feulner

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea's delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Adviser says Trump ‘gave nothing away’ in North Korea talks

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton talks to the media before President Donald Trump's speech to the Venezuelan American community at Florida International University in Miami, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

John Bolton rejects notion of ‘failed’ Trump-Kim summit: ‘He’s not desperate for a deal’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets with reporters after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. After GOP leaders used a procedural measure called a &quot;motion to recommit&quot; to amend the Democratic gun-control bill, McCarthy says the Democratic majority is now threatening to end the tool. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy contradicts Donald Trump on Otto Warmbier

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 12, 2016, file photo, Marines of the U.S., left, and South Korea, wearing blue headbands on their helmets, take positions after landing on a beach during the joint military combined amphibious exercise, called Ssangyong, part of the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea. (Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap via AP) ** FILE **

US, South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, March 2, 2019. Kim has paid his respects to Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, whose embalmed body is on permanent display, just like Kim's own father and grandfather in North Korea. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Kim boards train at the end of Vietnam visit

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President Donald Trump hugs the American flag as he arrives to speak at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Invectives old and new fill Trump’s marathon speech at CPAC

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier, center, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. In remarks at a Sept. 20, 2019, news conference, President Trump blamed his predecessor's administration for not having "moved faster" to secure Warmbier's release. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File) **FILE**

The Latest: Trump tweets about Otto Warmbier, but not Kim

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and Vietnam's President Nguyen Phu Trong, right, shake hands at the President Palace, Friday, March 1, 2019, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kim Jong-un is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam that will conclude on March 2. (AP Photo Minh Hoang, Pool)

North Korea’s Kim leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown

By FOSTER KLUG and EMILY WANG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, photo provided Friday, March 1, 2019, by the North Korean government, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, shake hands before their meeting at a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

China urges lifting sanctions as part of US-N. Korea talks

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President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump claims ‘very good’ Kim relations despite failed summit

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President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, from summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

After North Korea talks fail, Donald Trump blows off steam over troubles at home

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 25, 2015, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a South Korean Army soldier participate in a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise during the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. Even as he announced failed nuclear negotiations with North Korea on Thursday, President Donald Trump again called regular military drills with South Korea “very, very expensive” and said South Korea must pay more for those joint exercises. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Trump’s cost complaint casts doubt on SKorea military drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Undeterred by summit collapse, Moon vows closer North ties

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to service members at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska., during a refueling stop as he returns from Hanoi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

North Korea summit failure called win for Donald Trump

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times