The nominee to be the top US diplomat to Asia vowed Thursday to work for a "verifiable denuclearization" of North Korea and to help cool tempers ove maritime disputes in the South China Sea.
President Barack Obama's "objective in the region is to create and ensure a stable security environment," Danny Russel told senators, adding that "economic openness" was also a main goal.
Russel, one of the main architects of the Obama administration's rebalance toward Asia, has been tapped by the president to replace Kurt Campbell at the State Department as assistant secretary of state for East Asia.
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