WASHINGTON — The U.S. is considering adding North Korea back to a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview broadcast Sunday after President Barack Obama pledged “a very hard look” at tougher measures because of the North’s nuclear stance.
The communist country has conducted recent nuclear and missile tests, and there are concerns about the North’s shipping nuclear material to other nations.
Clinton also said if the phone rings at 3 a.m. at the White House, she is certain that Obama will know what to do.
Such a phone call in the wee hours — probably about an unexpected crisis — was a central argument that Clinton used during her primary campaign against Obama last year. She argued in a TV ad that she was the candidate with the experience to answer that 3 a.m. call.
She said Obama — now her boss — has shown he is fully capable of handling that kind of crisis call. She said his public and private actions show him to be strong, thoughtful and decisive.
Clinton was on ABC’s “This Week.”
