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 he'll meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this spring to discuss nuclear disarmament. But the president has just replaced his Secretary of State, there is still no U.S. ambassador to South Korea, and the State Department's point man on North Korea, Joseph Yun, recently retired. How will this affect negotiations? MPR News guest host Stephanie Curtis talks to former deputy secretary of defense, 

, about shifting dynamics on the Korean peninsula.

:  Rudy DeLeon is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He served deputy secretary of defense under President Clinton.

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With the dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, negotiations may be in jeopardy.

President Trump is planning to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jun Un to discuss nuclear disarmament. But the President has just replaced his Secretary of State, there is still no U.S. ambassador to South Korea,  and the State Department's point man on North Korea, Joseph Yun recently retired. How will this affect negotiations? MPR News' Stephanie Curtis spoke with Rudy DeLeon, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, about shifting dynamics on the Korean peninsula. DeLeon served as deputy secretary of defense under President Clinton.

Is a conversation with North Korea still viable?

People watch a TV news report showing President Trump and Kim Jong Un.

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