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...weeks ago Undersecretary of State for Non Proliferation John Bolton issued a blistering attack on North Korea's leader, calling him a "tyrannical dictator" who has subjected his people to a "hellish nightmare." Administration officials defended Bolton's remarks even after the North Koreans responded with some vicious verbal salvos of their own and threatened to boycott the Beijing talks if Bolton was a delegate. Still, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage announced Tuesday that Bolton would not, in fact, be sent to the talks. The last thing Washington wants to do is give the notoriously fickle North Koreans...
...Bolton case illustrates the schizophrenia of U.S. policy towards North Korea. Ever since it first assumed office, the Bush administration has been divided over how to deal with the regime of Kim Jong Il. In February 2001 Secretary of State Colin Powell told Congress that the new administration would continue the dialogue with Pyongyang begun by the Clinton team, but was quickly rebuked by President Bush's skepticism that North Korea could be trusted to keep its agreements. North Korea justified that skepticism late the following year by admitting that it had been pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program...
...stepping up the pressure. Last week the U.S. State Department issued sanctions against a North Korean company, Changgwang Sinyong, along with five Chinese companies for selling arms technology to Iran last year. Meanwhile, Time has learned that U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton traveled to the Middle East last month in part to persuade several Arab nations to share intelligence with the U.S. on any suspicious traffic between Iran and North Korea. A U.S. official familiar with the trip says Middle Eastern diplomats are "concerned about North Korea exporting nuclear technology, know...
...Uncovering and halting the proliferation of North Korean military hardware?perhaps even through a naval and aerial blockade?has become a key component of U.S. efforts to contain the nuclear threat. On his recent swing through the Middle East, Bolton made it clear to his hosts that the U.S. expected support for a plan to interdict North Korean arms shipments in the air and on the high seas. The controversial plan was first aired during a mid-June meeting in Madrid between representatives of 11 countries: the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain...
...want to wait until we here something from the Athletic Department,” Bolton said...