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Mitchell Reiss

"The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable."

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"The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable."

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"You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done."
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"And it has to do with having no inventory or stockpiles on the shelf, but items arrive as you need to build your product. What that means is that it's much more difficult to actually find stockpiles of already built weapons."
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"We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility."
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"The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program."
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"It's up to Kim Jong Il to make that decision, and we can't make that for him."
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"Again, I think we have much greater diplomatic weight by having all of us sit on the same side of the table wanting the same thing, and putting it to the North Koreans."
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"First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94."
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"So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue."
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"What we can do is to explain as clearly as possible what the benefits would be of him going down one path, and what the potential consequences would be if he chooses another path."
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"Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust."
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