WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the United States strongly affirms its commitment to defend South Korea in the wake of a North Korean artillery shelling.
Obama says he will not speculate on military action and says he wants to speak first to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (lee myuhng bahk). Obama made the comments in an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters.
The United States denounced North Korea on Tuesday for what it called an outrageous attack on a South Korean island that left two South Korean marines dead.
Obama met earlier in the day with his top national security advisers. He was expected to telephone South Korea’s president late Tuesday night.
