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...reach all of Japan--and the 41,000 U.S. troops stationed there. The missile also raised the prospect of new threats to the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East, where Pyongyang sells its missiles to clients like Libya and Iran. More worrisome still is what the launch says about Pyongyang's aggressive missile program. Some experts believe North Korea is well on the way to building even more muscular missiles, capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii and even the western part of the continental U.S. Says Republican Congressman Curt Weldon, a member of the National Security Committee...
...fire the missile now? The launch undoubtedly impressed potential weapon buyers. Missile sales are Pyongyang's biggest source of foreign exchange, peaking at about $700 million a year in the late 1980s, according to South Korean analysts. But revenue has declined to about $50 million as Pyongyang's clients have found other suppliers. With its economy imploding, the country desperately needs hard currency. "What they are doing is demonstrating a new product," says a senior Administration official...
North Korea's leaders probably calculated the launch would also thrill audiences at home, to set the stage for this week's celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of North Korea by Kim's father, Kim Il Sung. Last week the North Korean parliament, meeting for the first time since Kim Il Sung died in 1994, honored him with the title of permanent President (enhancing the truth of the slogan THE GREAT LEADER IS ALWAYS WITH US). Kim Jong Il doesn't need the title of President. He has used his authority as commander in chief and head...
WASHINGTON: Janet Reno has been through this ritual before: first a 30-day inquiry, then a 90-day inquiry, then... nothing. Not so this time; the attorney general's decision late Tuesday to launch a 90-day probe into the Clinton/Gore '96 campaign could, says TIME Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon, be "the mother of all probes...
...Reno watchers believe she will soon launch a formal 90-day inquiry into the Democrats' use of issue-advocacy ads to promote the ticket, and the betting inside Justice is that she will ultimately seek an independent counsel. If that happens, officials say, the mother of all IC probes could result, enveloping Clinton and Gore and even Republican standard- bearer Bob Dole, whose campaign also benefited from issue ads like the ones in question. "In the real world," says a senior administration hand, "it comes down to the whole ball of wax. No self-respecting independent counsel is going...