Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Communications Dan Pfeiffer said the Pentagon's decision to delay a test-firing of a Minuteman ICBM is not an indication the administration is caving to threats from North Korea Sunday on FNC:
CHRIS WALLACE: Before we get to guns I want to ask you about breaking news. The Pentagon has delayed a test-firing of a Minuteman ICBM, "intercontinental ballistic missile," this week fearing it would ratchet up tensions with North Korea and the young dictator, Kim Jong-Un. Does the Obama Administration risk looking like it is caving to threats from Kim?
DAN PFEIFFER: Absolutely not, Chris. Take a step back and look at the whole picture here. We have a situation where North Korea is engaging in the kind of behavior we have seen for many, many years, provocative actions an bellicose rhetoric and the onus is on North Korea to take the step back and meet their international obligations so they can undertake what they say is their number one goal, which is economic development. It will only happen if they rejoin the international community and that means by honoring the international obligations.
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