05/07/1998
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"Our policy toward North Korea has been based on a strong framework developed at my request by former Secretary of Defense William Perry."
"We're all operating under a deadline."
"Taken together, our efforts have reduced tensions on the Korean Peninsula, improved prospects for enduring peace and stability in the region."
"None of us who long for peace in the Middle East would ever give up on it."