Clinton Raises Prospect of Direct Negotiations With North Korea

[iandhr]

Source: NY TIMES

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested on Tuesday that there could be high-level direct negotiations with North Korea, and offered the view that American relations with China had been overly dominated by economic concerns during the Bush administration.

In her first remarks to reporters as the nation’s chief diplomat, Mrs. Clinton reaffirmed the Obama administration’s commitment to multilateral negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear program, with China, Japan, Russia and South Korea also taking part. But she noted that there have also been bilateral talks within the context of the current six-party arrangement.

Turning to China, Mrs. Clinton said the United States needed “a more comprehensive dialogue” with Beijing, and noted that the strategic dialogue of the Bush administration “turned into an economic dialogue.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/washington/28diplo.html?hp

[Captain Hilts]

1. Another case where it's good to go back to the way it was done in the Clinton Admin. nt

[onehandle]

2. Bush let them arm up big time. And Hillary doesn't want to bomb?

But I heard at Democratic Underground...