Thomas M. Countryman: “I do not believe that it is in the United States' interest to pursue an autarchic policy of avoiding scientific and…”

We cannot allow these weapons usable materials, to be separated from spent nuclear fuel.

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.

The problem with having a gold standard is it needs to have two things. It needs to be replicable, and it actually needs to be the best.

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.