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<title><![CDATA[Matthew Pennington - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30793.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Matthew Pennington]]></description><category domain="30793">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[China, U.S. Sparring Continues Over South China Sea]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; China bluntly told the United States to stop sending ships and military aircraft close to islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea, during talks that set the stage for a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping later this month.
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Increases Pressure on Saudis Over Writer's Disappearance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/11/us_increases_pressure_on_saudis_over_writers_disappearance_138323.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump demanded answers Wednesday from Saudi Arabia about the fate of a missing Saudi writer as lawmakers pushed for sanctions and a top Republican said the man was likely killed after entering a Saudi consulate in Turkey.
Trump said he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says He May Exit North Korea Summit If It's 'Not Fruitful']]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump said that although he&rsquo;s looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out if he feels it&rsquo;s &ldquo;not going to be fruitful.&rdquo;
Trump said that CIA Director...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Hosts Japan's Abe Amid Strain Over N. Korea, Tariffs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/17/trump_hosts_japans_abe_amid_strain_over_n_korea_tariffs_136827.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump will play host to Japan&rsquo;s Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago this week amid growing strain between the two countries over the president&rsquo;s planned meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and his push for new tariffs.
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Korea's Outreach Greeted With Skepticism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/07/north_koreas_outreach_greeted_with_skepticism_136458.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump appears to have gotten what he wanted from North Korea: a willingness to suspend nuclear testing and a promise to put its entire arsenal of atomic weapons on the negotiating table. But is it too good to be true?
After a year of threatening...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Boasts of Bigger 'Nuclear Button' Than North Korea's]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/03/trump_boasts_of_bigger_nuclear_button_than_north_koreas_135905.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he has a bigger and more powerful &ldquo;nuclear button&rdquo; than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The president&rsquo;s Tuesday evening tweet came in response to Kim&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s address, in which he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Sounds Open to Korea Dialogue, Says Kim Feels Pressure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/02/trump_sounds_open_to_korea_dialogue_says_kim_feels_pressure_135895.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump sounded open Tuesday to the possibility of an inter-Korean dialogue after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a rare overture toward South Korea in a New Year&rsquo;s address.
In a morning tweet, Trump said the U.S.-led campaign of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ray of Hope, Then Deep Hostility Between U.S. and North Korea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/31/ray_of_hope_then_deep_hostility_between_us_and_north_korea_135890.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; In the first month of Donald Trump&rsquo;s presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in Washington appreciated an extended halt in the North&rsquo;s nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Attacks China After Report of North Korea Oil Transfer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/28/trump_attacks_china_after_report_of_north_korea_oil_transfer_135871.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump attacked China on Thursday following reports that Chinese ships transferred oil to North Korean vessels at sea in violation of U.N. sanctions over the North&rsquo;s nuclear weapons program.
Trump said on Twitter that China had been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Announces Sanctions Against North Korea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/21/trump_administration_announces_sanctions_against_north_korea_135590.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Trump administration plans to announce Tuesday new sanctions on North Korea, after declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism in the latest push to isolate the pariah nation.
North Korea has joined Iran, Sudan and Syria on America&rsquo;s terror blacklist, a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: China Agrees NKorea Nuclear Weapon Freeze Not Enough]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/16/trump_china_agrees_nkorea_nuclear_weapon_freeze_not_enough_135563.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. and China agree that North Korea cannot just freeze its nuclear weapons program in exchange for concessions and that it must eliminate its arsenal.
Trump was restating a long-standing U.S. position but suggested...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says 'Talking Is Not the Answer' With North Korea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/30/trump_says_talking_is_not_the_answer_with_north_korea_134881.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday that "talking is not the answer" to North Korea, after it upped the stakes in its standoff with Washington by calling for more weapons launches in the Pacific.
Trump's morning tweet followed a highly provocative North Korean...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tillerson Says U.S. Could Punish Pakistan If No Cooperation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/23/tillerson_says_us_could_punish_pakistan_if_no_cooperation_134814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's plan to end America's longest war and eliminate Afghanistan's rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional U.S. troops, senior officials said Tuesday. The first deployments could take place within days.
In a national address...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beyond Bluster, U.S., North Korea in Regular Contact]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/11/beyond_bluster_us_north_korea_in_regular_contact_134731.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, addressing Americans imprisoned in the communist country and deteriorating relations between the long-time foes, The Associated Press...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Discusses Trade Deficit With Visiting Vietnam Leader]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/01/trump_discusses_trade_deficit_with_visiting_vietnam_leader_134066.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump welcomed Vietnam's prime minister to the White House Wednesday for talks focusing on the American trade deficit, while the Southeast Asian country is still shaken by Trump's withdrawal from a regional commerce pact.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Call to Trump, Chinese Leader Urges Restraint Over North Korea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/25/in_call_to_trump_chinese_leader_urges_restraint_over_north_korea_133702.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the world braces for a possible North Korean nuclear test, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged restraint in a call to President Donald Trump. America's U.N. envoy warned of a strike if Pyongyang attacks a U.S. military base or tests an intercontinental...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tillerson: All Options on the Table With North Korea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/17/tillerson_all_options_on_the_table_with_north_korea_133366.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday it may be necessary to take pre-emptive military action against North Korea if the threat from their weapons program reaches a level "that we believe requires action."
Tillerson outlined a tougher strategy to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Japan PM Offers Condolences for WWII Dead in Historic Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/29/japan_pm_offers_condolences_for_wwii_dead_in_historic_speech_126429.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matthew Pennington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring "history is harsh," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War II as he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Congress.
"My dear friends, on behalf of Japan and the...]]></description>
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