The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 3, 2017 Defense Secretary Issues Warning to North Korea ----------------------------------------------- Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis is visiting South Korea and Japan today. Speaking in Seoul, he issued a warning to North Korea. Defense Secretary James Mattis: "Any attack on the United States or on our allies will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming." .