US has 'significant' deterrent capability against North Korea: Rice

WASHINGTON - The United States has "significant deterrent capability" to thwart North Korea's nuclear ambitions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Monday.
She told reporters after talks with French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier that "the United States maintains significant, I want to underline significant, deterrent capability of all kinds in the Asia-Pacific region.
"So I don't think there should be any doubt about our ability to deter whatever the North Koreans are up to."

05/02/2005 17:39 GMT