[NY Times] Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
headed to Asia on Wednesday to seek China's help to try to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
A senior State Department official said that Mr. Kerry wanted China to take steps to bring "the North Korean leadership to the realization" that pursing the capability to deliver nuclear weapons with a ballistic missile "does not bring security" and "is simply not tenable."
Mr. Kerry delivered the same message to the Chinese leadership during his previous visit to Beijing as secretary of state in April 2013.
North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests and its nuclear program appears to be proceeding without interruption.
Mr. Kerry's first stop in Asia will be South Korea, where he is scheduled to arrive on Thursday. Mr. Kerry will meet with President Park Geun-hye and Yun Byung-se, South Korea's foreign minister.