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Kim Jong Un expressed hopes for U.S. private sector investment: Pompeo

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would like to see U.S. private sector investment in his country as part of the potential economic support that could be provided by the U.S. in a denuclearization deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.

The comments were made during testimony at the House Foreign Affairs Committee following a question from Committee Chairman Ed Royce regarding Pompeo’s assessment of Kim’s goals for the upcoming negotiations with the U.S. and President Donald Trump scheduled for June 12 in Singapore.

“Our demands have been unambiguous, when I spoke with him I could not have been