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              Obama Expresses Concern Over N. Korea Rocket Launch

   by Ken Bredemeier

   President Barack Obama says he is concerned but not surprised by North
   Korea's rocket launch Sunday.

   In a CBS interview that aired Monday, Obama said, "I think we have been
   concerned about North Korea's behavior for a while. This is an
   authoritarian regime. It's provocative. It has repeatedly violated U.N.
   resolutions, tested and produced nuclear weapons and now they are
   trying to perfect their missile launch system."

   Obama said he talked with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday,
   before the launch, "about the need to really tighten the noose on
   them."

   He said the U.S. is also consulting with South Korea "for the first
   time about more missile defense capabilities to prevent any possibility
   that North Korea could reach U.S. facilities or U.S. populations" with
   missile attacks.

   The U.S. leader said Pyongyang's launch on Sunday was anticipated.

   "They are not very good at feeding their people," Obama said, "but they
   invest a huge amount in their weapons systems."
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