"We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility."

Diplomacy, Flexibility, Realism

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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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"Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people?"

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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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"So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other countries in the region could be invested in the success of this process."

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"First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated."

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"We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going to adapt their tactics, and what measures we're going to need in order to go forward."

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