H.R. McMaster: ‘There is a military option’ for North Korea

Published September 15, 2017 6:18pm ET



President Trump’s top national security aide said Friday there is a military option for handling North Korea’s missile and nuclear testing, even though it’s an option the Trump administration does not want to employ.

White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster said at the White Hous that the administration again wants new sanctions against North Korea to work. But he warned that the regime’s stepped up testing means that “we’re out of time.”

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