[SeaBiscuit]

He looked serious, angry and was quite brief..

[xzins]

He didn't speak long.... Didn't even confirm that a nuke had been exploded.

He told S.Korea and Japan that we'd keep our "full" commitments to them. I assume he means that we'll have nukes to fight nukes. I also got the sense that he wasn't opposed to preemption.

Bottom line: little said; the Pres. wasn't pleased.

[finnigan2]

"He looked serious, angry and was quite brief.."

- It's my guess he looked that way because he now knows that he's been conned by Chinese assurances that they could handle Kim if he just left the matter to them. He now realizes (I hope) that China has betrayed his trust and is playing a double game. To the Chinese, there is no downsize to a nuclearized North Korea. Kim can now swagger and strut about, threaten his neighbors with nuclear blackmail while the US appears impotent and China stands quietly back, enjoying the spectacle while pulling Kim's strings.
This can only diminish US influence in the far east as countries there look more and more to China for protection.