{"id":17351,"date":"2016-02-11T09:56:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T13:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17351"},"modified":"2016-02-11T09:56:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T13:56:38","slug":"us-legislation-authorizes-50-million-for-broadcasts-into-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/us-legislation-authorizes-50-million-for-broadcasts-into-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"US legislation authorizes $50 million for broadcasts into North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Andrea Borgnino<\/a>, who shares this article from Fox News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Seeking to derail North Korea’s drive for nuclear weapons, Republican and Democratic senators set aside their partisan differences Wednesday to unanimously pass legislation aimed at starving Pyongyang of the money it needs to build an atomic arsenal.<\/em><\/p>\n

[…]The Senate bill, authored by Menendez and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., targets North Korea’s ability to finance the development of miniaturized nuclear warheads and the long-range missiles required to deliver them. The legislation also authorizes $50 million over the next five years to transmit radio broadcasts into North Korea, purchase communications equipment and support humanitarian assistance programs.<\/em><\/p>\n

The legislation comes in the wake of Pyongyang’s recent satellite launch and technical advances that U.S. intelligence agencies said the reclusive Asian nation is making in its nuclear weapons program.[…]<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full article at Fox News…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares this article from Fox News: Seeking to derail North Korea’s drive for nuclear weapons, Republican and Democratic senators set aside their partisan differences Wednesday to unanimously pass legislation aimed at starving Pyongyang of the money it needs to build an atomic arsenal. 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