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Trump's Pick For State Department's Number 2 Spot May Spur N. Korea Talks

Ham Ji-ha

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to tap Steve
   Biegun, the special representative for North Korea, as deputy secretary
   of state could spur Washington's denuclearization talks with Pyongyang,
   said experts.

   "[Biegun's] in a position now where he will have much more influence,
   and he will be able to guide things from a senior level at the State
   Department to really help shape policy, even more than as '¦ a special
   representative for North Korea," said David Maxwell, a senior fellow at
   the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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