U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner over North Korea after the rogue nation on Friday in its latest provocation of America and its allies.
“As North Korea’s Kim Jong Un continues to defy international sanctions and threaten the United States and our allies with another ballistic missile launch, our response is clear: We will not tolerate this belligerent behavior,” the Colorado Republican said in a written statement.
the ballistic missile flew longer than any of North Korea’s previous missiles and landed in the ocean off Japan. Officials were working to determine if it was North Korea’s second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile following that signaled a major step toward Pyongang’s goal of developing nuclear-armed weapon that can reach the U.S.
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He has also and called for a .
Gardner has had several clashes with Kim in the past year, including calling the North Korean leader . Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency Gardner was “psychopath” who had “perpetrated wicked blasphemy” against Kim.