my conclusion and other critics is that the process, because of the slow rampup of the filling of positions, of the deputy s positions and acting secretaries, they just have not at all of the agencies defense and state in particular, gotten up to speed. and they re not really functioning to game plan all there. bruce, it s a pretty frightening picture that andrea paints. i wonder if i could get you to weigh in all of the talk now privately and publicly is on how to motivate the north korean leader to give up his nuclear arsenal if the last two men to do so ended up dead, saddam hussein and gadhafi in libya. how do you motivate someone to give up their arsenal if the two examples of people who did so ended up dead? in my meetings with north korean officials last month in europe, they made very clear that denuclearization was totally off the table. there s nothing the u.s. or south korea could offer to
of positions, of the deputy s positions and acting secretaries, they just have not at all of the agencies defense and state in particular, gotten up to speed. and they re not really functioning to game plan all there. bruce, it s a pretty frightening picture that andrea paints. i wonder if i could get you to weigh in all of the talk now privately and publicly is on how to motivate the north korean leader to give up his nuclear arsenal if the last two men to do so ended up dead, saddam hussein and gadhafi in libya. how do you motivate someone to give up their arsenal if the two examples of people who did so ended up dead? in my meetings with north korean officials last month in europe, they made very clear that denuclearization was totally off the table. there s nothing the u.s. or south korea could offer to induce them to abandon their arsenal. that s consistent with other meetings na victor cha and others have had with north korean officials. so what we need to do is stop pulling
at all of the agencies defense and state in particular, gotten up to speed. and they re not really functioning to game plan all there. bruce, it s a pretty frightening picture that andrea paints. i wonder if i could get you to weigh in all of the talk now privately and publicly is on how to motivate the north korean leader to give up his nuclear arsenal if the last two men to do so ended up dead, saddam hussein and gadhafi in libya. how do you motivate someone to give up their arsenal if the two examples of people who did so ended up dead? in my meetings with north korean officials last month in europe, they made very clear that denuclearization was totally off the table. there s nothing the u.s. or south korea could offer to induce them to abandon their arsenal. that s consistent with other meetings na victor cha and others have had with north korean officials. so what we need to do is stop pulling our punches on pressure