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...political consequences of the North Korean nuclear test are likely to be severe, domestically and internationally. Eventually in Seoul and Tokyo there will be serious discussion of the virtue of continued nuclear abstinence. And the North undoubtedly learned something from its test, so it is one step closer to mating nuclear weapons to an extended-range ballistic missile capable of hitting Tokyo today and Los Angeles tomorrow. Most ominous of all, as we and our friends in the U.N. Security Council passed the toughest sanctions resolution we can--as we must, at least to set an example for others...
...nuclear weapons. The President was told by his intelligence community that if the North Korean program was not stopped, the existing reactor and two others under construction would produce, within approximately five years, enough plutonium to manufacture 30 nuclear weapons annually. In close consultation with our allies in Seoul and Tokyo, the President authorized direct bilateral negotiations. Sixteen difficult months later, with the U.S. military presence on the Korean peninsula visibly enhanced and the threat of U.N. sanctions looming, the Agreed Framework was concluded. It clearly provided for the immediate freezing of the entire North Korean nuclear program...
...have always been--only three options available to deal with the North Korean problem: military force, sanctions and negotiation. Although the military option was available but unappealing a dozen years ago, it is barely so today. Limited targets, little reserve force to deal with retaliation and an ally in Seoul hostile to military action argue against that option. Sanctions, always limited by what China would permit, will not force North Korean compliance and amount to a policy of containment or acceptance of a growing North Korean nuclear-weapons program. That poses unacceptable risks to our nation's security...
...finally adopted was necessarily a compromise between different views of how the North Korean nuclear crisis is to be resolved. And the focus of the main players will now shift to what comes after the U.N. vote. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to travel to Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul to rally support for a vigorous implementation of the sanctions resolution. Russia, China and South Korea will be looking for ways to restart the six-party process - a process they believe requires direct negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea, and a readiness to offer Pyongyang security guarantees...
...also be struggling to get its way at the Security Council because of doubts over the wisdom with which the Bush Administration has handled North Korea until now. Its refusal to talk directly with the North Korean regime over the past six years is seen in Beijing and Seoul as partly responsible for the failure of the existing diplomatic process to prevent North Korea testing a nuclear weapon, and pressure for the U.S. to reverse its refusal to talk directly to Pyongyang continues. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday reiterated the call for direct talks. Secretary of State Condoleezza...