years haveve changeed, i think, a sea in the environment on the korean peninsula. it overlaps with the administration of president obama. ofoverlaps with the period when we last had a meaningful discussion. reflects the transformation of north korea that have been long planned but came about both in terms of capabilities and clarity of intentions. it's important to remember that in january of 2009 when president obama was inaugurated with an offer to raise a hand to those who would then clench their fists, that the north koreans shortly thereafter responded by making preparations for a missile test. it was a launch that would lead to a residential statement of united nations security council which would then lead to north korea's second test. after the diplomatic dust settled and the special representative went there in 2009, in 2010, north korea turned its attention toward the republic of korea, toward the south. in 2010, as everybody remembers, we had the sinking of the rok corvette and the shelling of the island literally under one hour after i had flown over it