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Over the Hill and Through the Woods

In earlier posts, I wondered if the Bush Administration was capable of reaching an agreement with North Korea.

It might just be that any agreement is going to take a little, um, initiative on the part of US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill—and by initiative I mean going off the reservation a la Paul Nitze and the walk in the woods .

Dick Garwin just asked that question of former Secretary of Defense Bill Perry.

After saying a whole bunch of really nice things about Hill, Perry added this little comment.

I hope he continues to exceed his instructions.

Laughter all around.

Jeffrey Lewis

Writing on ACW 2004–2026

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is the founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk.com. He is the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. His also a non-resident affiliate at Stanford's Center for Security and International Cooperation and a Contributing Editor to Survival.

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