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Obama Rewards North Korea with Direct Talks
Monday, August 10, 2009  One week after North Korea released two imprisoned American journalists, the Obama administration announced its willingness yesterday to hold direct talks with the rogue nation over its nuclear weapons. "The ball is in their court," said America’s UN ambassador, Susan Rice, on CNN’s "State of the Union" yesterday. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with the rest of the administration, insisted that former President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to secure the release of the two journalists was not a negotiation with the country, led by dictator Kim Jong Il, but she said she hoped it would improve relations with them. "What we’re hoping is that maybe, without it being part of the mission in any way, the fact that this was done will perhaps lead the North Koreans to recognize that they can have a positive relationship with us," Secretary Clinton said on CNN’s "GPS." Original Article |
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