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Obama Lacks 'Gravitas' to Respond to N Korea Nuclear Test - US Congressman

© AFP 2023 / JUNG YEON-JEPeople watch a news report on North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test at a railroad station in Seoul on January 6, 2016.
People watch a news report on North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test at a railroad station in Seoul on January 6, 2016. - Sputnik International
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US President Barack Obama will not make an effective attempt to compel China to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang following the recent North Korean nuclear test, US House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Leandra Bernstein — Testing nuclear weapons is strictly forbidden under the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty.

"I do not see this administration really having any gravitas," McCaul said on Thursday of Obama's response to North Korea’s nuclear weapons test earlier in the week.

He added that he also does not anticipate the Obama administration "really doing anything in response to this [nuclear test]."

Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Yohei Hasegawa speaks next to graphs of ground motion waveform data observed in Japan during a news conference at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo on implications that an earthquake sourced around North Korea was triggered by an unnatural reason January 6, 2016 - Sputnik International
US Discusses Steps to Address N. Korean Nuclear Test With Regional Allies

The Obama administration should be "working with China to enforce sanctions on North Korea," given China’s ability to influence Pyongyang, McCaul said.

North Korea is currently under tough international sanctions for violating nuclear non-proliferation conventions, but still maintains some economic ties to China.

Following the Wednesday nuclear test, Secretary of State John Kerry said he was in dialogue with his counterpart in Beijing to address concerns over North Korea’s behavior.

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