President Donald Trump speaks before signing an Executive Order to reestablish the National Space Council, alongside members of the Congress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Commercial Space Companies in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 30, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence, also in attendance, will chair the council. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Mass Peace Action’s Cole Harrison and intern Renae Reints wrote a piece on North Korea for Buzzflash at Truthout.President Donald Trump speaks before signing an Executive Order to reestablish the National Space Council, alongside members of the Congress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Commercial Space Companies in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 30, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence, also in attendance, will chair the council. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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As Americans celebrated July 4 on Tuesday, North Korean President Kim Jong Un celebrated a frightening success of his own. The northern regime launched their longest-reaching weapon yet — an intercontinental ballistic missile that some experts believe has the ability to reach Alaska. This missile launch comes just days after South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with President Donald Trump in Washington, DC. The two world leaders discussed the desired denuclearization of mutual threat North Korea, but each argued for a different methodology.
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