This issue is only a skirmish in preparation for a huge battle -- over whether North Korea is willing to give up its nuclear weapons.

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Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?

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States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

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North Korea does not have the potential economic resources Iraq has in terms of its oil fields. So that gives us more leverage to work out a peaceful solution.

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I know from my time in government that there is never a good time to take an action that someone will perceive as a hostile act. You can always come with a reason why it is a bad time to do it.

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By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger, ... They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

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Until South Korea ends its political transition, it might be perceived to be a little unseemly for us (America) to move forward.

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How specifically to define the one-China principle -- and how concretely to realize it -- is best left to the two sides of the strait on a mutually acceptable basis, ... not to mediate, not to exert pressure, but to understand.

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I came up here to help out where I can. And not just medical stuff, but I've been moving bottles of water and everything else.

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