Thomas M. Countryman: “It is not a giveaway. It rather is a mutual recognition that the U.S. and China have reciprocal obligations to each…”

China says--and I think it is borne out by their actions--that they do not support North Korea as a nuclear weapons state and that they wish to see the entire Korean Peninsula denuclearized.

In an environment as conflictive and combustible as the Middle East, making sure that a country like Iran does not have a nuclear weapon has to be a strategic goal of utmost importance.

This Agreement is an example of the strength of our bilateral relationship.

I think our policies have not been thoughtful relative to how we deal with these nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.