Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio did not mince their words as they expressed outrage over the death of the 22-year-old, who was released back to the U.S. last week in a coma and later died.
Do you agree that Obama is responsible for the fate of Otto Warmbier?
But this just highlights the fact that we don't have a functioning strategy.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) is mourning the death of an American college student who was released by North Korea days ago in a coma.
Richardson praised President Donald Trump for his administration's push to win Warmbier's release.
The agency said his death shows that the risk Amercian tourists face in visiting North Korea "has become too high".
President Trump similarly asserted this week, "the results would have been different" had Otto been brought home sooner; he did not elaborate, but did add, "he should have been brought home that day".
Mr Trump spoke briefly about Warmbier during an Oval Office meeting with the president of Ukraine.
Trump's tweet about China took some advisers by surprise.
"Clearly we're moving further away, not closer to those conditions", he said.
During Warmbier's painful stay in North Korea, he was reportedly in a coma.
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"A tragedy like this must never be repeated", the company said in a statement. "Considering these facts and this tragic outcome we will no longer be organizing tours for USA citizens to North Korea".
While Beijing may attempt to use such leverage to free Americans in the North, its influence is limited, said Jin Qianyi, a professor at Yanbian University's Institute of Northeast Asia Studies, which sits along the border with North Korea.
In a statement Monday afternoon announcing their son's death, Fred and Cindy Warmbier said they and their son were at peace.
The Hamilton County Coroner's Office in OH confirmed that it received and examined the 22-year-old's body after his death on Monday. Justin Weber told The Associated Press that a news conference is expected later to provide more information.
Schiff was among many lawmakers who deemed Warmbier's death a "murder", echoing Arizona Republican Sen.
Otto Warmbier, the American student who was imprisoned in North Korea before being returned home in a coma, died Monday in a Cincinnati hospital.
Young Pioneer Tours, headquartered in Xi'an, China - the agency that arranged Warmbier's "budget" tour to North Korea - released a statement Tuesday saying it would no longer organize tours for USA citizens to North Korea.
'We've had I think positive movement on China over the past five months of this administration, ' Spicer told the reporter. "Now, I speak nicely about China because I really do believe they're trying to help out with respect to North Korea".
Mr Trump's administration has appeared confrontational towards North Korea, and has declared an end to a period of "strategic patience" from Washington.
Three other United States citizens, who are ethnic Koreans, and six South Koreans remain in custody in North Korea.
The 22-year-old was medically evacuated to the United States on Tuesday last week, suffering from severe brain damage.
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