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 | North Korea, Schwartz told the Senate panel, "is the country most likely to involve the United States in a large-scale war." At the same time, the Pyongyang regime's most pressing domestic problem "is an economy in decline for the tenth consecutive year," he said. |
| North Korea's "dogged adherence to a 'military first' policy, when viewed against the backdrop of a nation on the brink of complete economic and social collapse, indicates the true priorities of the regime and its enduring hostility towards the Republic of Korea," Schwartz said. |
| North Korea's fundamental war-fighting strategy mandates achievement of surprise, prosecution of a short and violent war, prevention of major United States reinforcement of the peninsula, and negation of the Republic of Korea's mobilization. |
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