House’s Top Korea Aide on the Decline of the Alliance

The aide in question, Dennis Halpin, was actually seated between the Committee Chairman (Rep. Hyde) and the Subcommittee Chairman (Rep. Leach) at the last Korea-related hearing of the House International Relations Committee on October 6th, at which Ambassador Chris Hill testified before the Committee.

The following day, Mr. Halpin spoke to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington. This is the text of his address. Must-reading if you want to puncture through the diplospeak to see what Congress is really thinking about the state of the alliance and the abortive North Korea weapons deal.