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Bill Clinton: “The near-term urgency is basically a function of what the IAEA has said. The longer they go on without adequate…”

On the recordDecember 6, 1993
The near-term urgency is basically a function of what the IAEA has said. The longer they go on without adequate inspections, the more difficult it is for them to be able to certify the actual condition of the North Korean nuclear program and that's what the issue is. That's why we're trying to work it through as quickly as we can so we won't finally and completely break the chain that enables the IAEA to make certain representations to the rest of the world about where they are on that. Someone else from Spain? Yes, ma'am. Cuba
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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