Skepticism runs deep in U.S. over North Korea denuclearization ahead of summit

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, there is deep skepticism in Washington as to whether Pyongyang will seriously commit to ridding itself of nuclear weapons through a robust verification process.In a meeting Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang, Kim said the summit, set for June 12 in Singapore, will be "a historic meeting for the excellent first step toward promotion of the positive situation development in the Korean Peninsula."But as in the cases of previous nuclear negotiations …READ FULL ARTICLE