Rice trip comes amid signs of N. Korea cooperation

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Asia next week amid signs of an imminent breakthrough in efforts to get North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons and bring a formal end to the Korean War.

After months of delay, the communist North appears set to hand over an accounting of its atomic activities by the end of the month, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process that will trigger an announcement by the Bush administration that it intends to lift sanctions against Pyongyang, U.S. officials said Friday.

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All of these developments could happen within the next 10 days while Rice is on her Asian trip — she is visiting Japan, South Korea and China. But that timeline is regarded as a best-case scenario given the difficulty in predicting North Korean behavior due to the closed nature of its authoritarian regime. North Korea has in the past unexpectedly backed out of completing promised actions, confounding attempts to read the country's opaque leadership.

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Despite her presence in the region, Rice herself is unlikely to get directly involved in negotiating with the North Koreans, although at some point, if Pyongyang is judged to be complying with the process, she is committed to attending a meeting of the foreign ministers of all six parties.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_nkorea_nuclear

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Have you ever noticed that Rice often shows up, just as progress is happening despite her, just to take some of the credit?

Opportunist conspirator, you cannot wash the blood off of your hands.

Your retirement vessel awaits:

[On the Road]

1. "Rice herself is unlikely to get directly involved in negotiating..."

Donald Trump has to pay Rice a visit in person and say to her (per his interview):

"Condoleeza, you look pretty waving from the plane, but you're not doing any DEALS! You have to do DEALS!"

[Supersedeas]

2. now we know where the real professional are--somewhere in the bowels of the Dept.