The U.S. is playing down a threat from North Korea that it may have no choice but to build up its nuclear deterrent force. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told a media conference Monday the United States would stick to its strategy of seeking a diplomatic solution with North Korea through multilateral talks on its nuclear programs. North Korea said Monday it was reacting to what it called a nuclear threat from the United States. It was the first major acknowledgment by Pyongyang that it has a nuclear deterrent, which the government said it would use to counter the United States' "hostile policy" toward North Korea.

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