Brownback to introduce measure to rename North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism
thecable.foreignpolicy.com 9/29/2009 — Kansas Senator Sam Brownback is preparing yet another maneuver in his fight to thwart any rapprochement between the United States and North Korea. Brownback, who carries the banner for those who believe confronting the North Korean regime is ...

What is TABOR?
behindbluelines.com 9/15/2009 — You’ll hear a lot of wild talk from TABOR opponents in the coming weeks. More often than not, the people who oppose TABOR are the very same people who are responsible for Maine’s financial mess. At the very least, TABOR opponents have a stake in maintaining the status quo – ...

Bill Clinton in NKorea seeking reporters' release
huffingtonpost.com 8/4/2009 — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea welcomed former President Bill Clinton to Pyongyang with flowers and hearty handshakes Tuesday as he arrived in the communist nation on a surprise mission to bring home two jailed American journalists.  ...

LACK OF POLITICAL WILL ? HOW ABOUT POLITICAL GRANDIOSITY?
drsanity.blogspot.com 9/27/2009 — Anne Bayefsky : ...[W]hen President Obama addressed the General Assembly and Security Council he already knew that Iran was ignoring international standards, and its latest violations endangered international peace and security more than ever before. ...

No Normal Relations With Nuclear North Korea
abcnews.go.com 10/22/2009 — Clinton says U.S. committed to engagement, but sanctions will not be relaxed.

Clinton's overshadowed nonproliferation speech
thecable.foreignpolicy.com 23 days ago — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave what was touted as a "major speech" on nonproliferation issues today at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. And while Clinton has been somewhat overshadowed in today's headlines by the ...

Democrats Sure Love to Appease Dictators!
harrisonprice.com 8/6/2009 — The photo opportunity N. Korea needed. The Democratic Party once again rewarded a dictator for bad behavior… this time former President Bill Clinton flew to the Stalinist dictatorship of North Korea to “win” the release of two Americans taken prisoner there. They had been ...

More on Ambassador Hill
ricks.foreignpolicy.com 9/29/2009 — My item on the bad blood between our ambassador in Iraq, Christopher Hill, and our top officer there, Gen. Raymond Odierno, provoked some interesting comments and e-mails, especially from those who encountered him on Korean issues. This is one ...

Bill Clinton's Magical Mystery Tour to North Korea
thewashingtonnote.com 8/4/2009 — Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry might have brought Senatorial gravitas to the US-North Korea relationship and have opened connections for Pyongyang beyond the White House. Al Gore, if he had gone to help secure the release of ...

The People’s Republic Autocracy of North Korea
outsidethebeltway.com 10/1/2009 — It may have escaped your attention (I’d meant to post on this a few days ago) but North Korea is no longer a communist country. They’ve scrubbed the constitution of all references to communism: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has ...

Asian nations look to 'lead world' (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 29 days ago
AFP - Asian leaders discussed plans at a major summit Saturday to "lead the world" by forming an EU-style community, while urging action from pariah states North Korea and Myanmar.

Diplomat meets North Korean official in New York — Reuters: Politics 29 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. diplomat met on Saturday with North Korea's second-ranking official involved in stalled six-country nuclear negotiations, a move that could be a step toward reconvening the talks.