U.S. commander says North Korea unlikely to give up all nuclear weapons

U.S. Army Soldiers unload their luggage and equipment upon arriving at Yongin, South Korea, after nearly 24 hours of travel, security lines and briefings to participate in a two-week training exercise, August 22, 2016. Picture taken on August 22, 2016. Courtesy Ken Scar/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weeks before a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the top U.S. military commander for Asia on Tuesday echoed an intelligence assessment that North Korea is unlikely to give up all its nuclear weapons.

Although he expressed optimism about the Feb. 27-28 Hanoi summit in verbal testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Philip Davidson, head of the Indo-Pacific Command, expressed doubts about North Korean intentions in his written submission to the panel.