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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. "
Table
Same
Think
" 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. "
Difficult
More
Need
" And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement. "
Movement
Lot
Diplomatic
" Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust. "
Intentions
Trust
You
" But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as we go forward and make sure that people honor their pledges in terms of financial commitments, and that we actually use this money so that it makes a real difference. "
Money
Ideas
Honor
" Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same. "
Need
Said
Situation
" First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94. "
Situation
First
Today
" 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. "
More
Successful
Problems
" I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North. "
You
North
Quickly
" It's time for the IRA to go out of business. "
Time
IRA
Out
" It's up to Kim Jong Il to make that decision, and we can't make that for him. "
Kim
Decision
Him
" 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? "
Future
Decision
Think
" So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue. "
Issue
Format
Sense
" Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues. "
More
Sometimes
Personalities
" 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. "
Said
Fashion
Success
" 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. "
Hand
Better
Us
" The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern. "
Concern
Nuclear Weapons
Terrorism
" 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. "
Same
United States
North Korea
" There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. "
Future
Choose
Different
" We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility. "
More
Flexibility
Show
" We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model. "
Following
Libya
Model
" 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. "
Go
Need
Thinking
" 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. "
Potential
Path
Him
" You are either going forward or you are not. "
Forward
Either
Going
" 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. "
You
Done
Dealt
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