U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says that incoming national security adviser John Bolton believes North Korea is buying time in ongoing negotiations with the U.S., to build nuclear missiles. 

Graham on Sunday said in an interview with “Fox News Sunday” that Bolton told him he is concerned that the planned summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump might be part of Kim's plan to stall. 

The senator said that Bolton's biggest fear is that North Korea is just buying time as it has done in the past, adding the North is about nine months to a year away from having a missile with a nuclear weapon that can hit America.

Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that Trump should ensure that the negotiations are “very focused and get quick action” so the North doesn’t get the time it needs to build missiles. 

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