The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.
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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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Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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