The mission aims to recover the remains of missing U.S. veterans of the Korean War . But all that changed in 2005 when then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suspended the work , saying that due to rising nuclear tensions at the time , he felt the safety of the U.S. teams could not be guaranteed . Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos : Such missions have been on hold since 2005 due to tensions between the U.S. , North Korea .
The mission aims to recover the remains of missing U.S. veterans of the Korean War . Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos: Such missions have been on hold since 2005 due to tensions between the U.S. , North Korea .