As a former Secretary of Energy and Governor of New Mexico, I can assure you that WIPP in our lifetimes has the same chance of accepting weapons-grade plutonium that Yucca Mountain has for accepting spent nuclear fuel. It is self-deluding to claim otherwise.
Bill Richardson expresses skepticism about WIPP's ability to handle plutonium.
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Russia needs to get tougher and they are not doing it. I think these U.N. sanctions were the strongest that we have ever had.
Well, success for me would be a commitment by North Korea to dismantle some--some of their weapons, missiles.
The impasse is that what we're saying the North Koreans, 'Look, we're ready to talk to you but you've got to take some concrete steps towards denuclearization. Stop sending those missiles out. Stop detonating nuclear weapons. Behave…
this was a concession in the first summit that we got nothing in return. So we should not concede that one again.
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