{"594315":{"#nid":"594315","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Adm. James Winnefeld: N. Korea Sees Nuclear Weapons as \u201cSurvival Mechanism\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames A. \u0026ldquo;Sandy\u0026rdquo; Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret.),\u0026nbsp;distinguished professor in the\u0026nbsp;Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, was interviewed\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EAdm. James Winnefeld: N. Korea Sees Nuclear Weapons as \u0026ldquo;Survival Mechanism\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECBS News\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/north-korea-threatens-strike-on-guam-japan-south-korea-on-high-alert\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eescalating rhetoric\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/north-korea-threatens-attack-guam\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENorth Korea\u0026#39;s threat to strike Guam\u003C\/a\u003E, retired Navy Adm. James Winnefeld Jr. told \u0026quot;CBS This Morning\u0026quot; Wednesday that he doesn\u0026#39;t believe the isolated country wants to use nuclear weapons against the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWinnefeld, who served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Obama, said North Korea is using the nuclear threat as a \u0026quot;survival mechanism.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I think we really just need to let them stew in their own juice, leave them alone. They will never use these weapons or give them up as long as we don\u0026#39;t provoke them into using them,\u0026quot; Winnefeld said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/admiral-james-winnefeld-north-korea-nuclear-threat-missile-defense\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-08-11 15:49:07","changed_gmt":"2017-08-15 17:26:13","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Roswell Biotechnologies","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/admiral-james-winnefeld-north-korea-nuclear-threat-missile-defense\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"445431":{"id":"445431","type":"image","title":"James A. \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld","body":null,"created":"1449256217","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:17","changed":"1475895184","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:04","alt":"James A. \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld","file":{"fid":"203180","name":"150702-d-hu462-040.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/150702-d-hu462-040_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/150702-d-hu462-040_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":439314,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/150702-d-hu462-040_0.jpg?itok=fmYudce6"}}},"media_ids":["445431"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4042","name":"North Korea"},{"id":"4032","name":"Nuclear Weapons"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}