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It's time for the IRA to go out of business.
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Ira
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You are either going forward or you are not.
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And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.
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Movement
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We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model.
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Following
Libya
Model
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I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.
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Easily
Quickly
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So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue.
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Format
Irrelevant
Verification
Piece
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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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Decision
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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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Agreement
Intention
Korea
Intentions
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There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.
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Available
Different
Ifs
Korea
North Korea
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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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Flexibility
Hopeful
Realism
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The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.
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Concern
Nuclear
Terrorism
Weapons
Current
Material
Obviously
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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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Different Place
First Of All
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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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Caricatures
Conflicts
Personalities
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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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Cards
Done
Harder
Play
Dealt
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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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Concern
Country
Korea
North Korea
Nuclear
Ongoing
Other Countries
Program
United States
Weapons
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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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Greater
Weight
Putting
Same Thing
Table
Wanting
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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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Decision
Different Place
Faces
Korea
North Korea
People
Strategic
Thinking
Type
Located
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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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Benefits
Path
Chooses
Clearly
Explain
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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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Bad Guys
Evolve
Adapt
Measures
Regime
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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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Country
Fashion
Guidance
Other Countries
Policy
President
Countries
Invested
Multilateral
Region
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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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Cases
Despite
Resilient
Anticipated
First Of All
Recognize
Regime
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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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Inventory
Items
Weapons
Arrive
Product
Shelf
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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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Allies
Format
Partners
Stronger
Unified
Current
Region
Same Thing
Telling
Unacceptable
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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.
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Concern
Delay
Ira
Positively
Situation
Sooner
Respond
Longer
Recognises
Remain
Spoken
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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.
Mitchell Reiss / Diplomat
Commitment
Eye
Financial
Good Ideas
Honor
Implementation
Real
Good Money People
Lots
Ball
Commitments
Pledges
Real Difference
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