Top 25 Quotes by Mitchell Reiss

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.

What we can do is to explain as clearly as possible what the benefits would be of him going down one path, and what the potential consequences would be if he chooses another path.

Again, I think we have much greater diplomatic weight by having all of us sit on the same side of the table wanting the same thing, and putting it to the North Koreans.

The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.

We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going to adapt their tactics, and what measures we're going to need in order to go forward.

I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

You are either going forward or you are not.

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.