susan rice said because of the impasse it was not productive to continue discussing the matter. >>> north korea has not reacted to south korea's live fire drill on monday. the north is showing restraint in order to engage the united states in direct talks. the south resumed their drills in the yellow sea had been suspended since the north's attack last month. the north threatened military strikes if the south goes ahead with the drill and said the consequences would be more serious than last month's artillery attack. the north korean issued a statement on monday dismissing the drill as not worth responding to. >>> the u.s. governor of new mexico, bill richardson, is currently visiting north korea and said the north agreed fofto have atommic energy inspectors. the north agreed to have other countries buy its 12,000 nuclear fuel rods. they are designed for nuclear reactors that use plutonium. these are seen as stems towards denuclearizizati denuclearizization. >>> the united states has reacted cautiously to reports that north korea has agreed to allow u.n. inspectors to return to it its nuc

there was a debate within the un security council yesterday led by susan rice. she was interacting with her counterparts on the council including representatives from russia and china. >> we will get there eventually. >> you said you did not approve the trip. doesn't the treasury department have to authorize this if they are going to spend any money there? >> i don't think so. we will take that question. governor richardson did not ask for our permission. are there things that have to be done? >> i am not sure north korea is in the same boat. >> he did not go suddenly. you did not talk to him during that time? prepared for a few months. >> the timing of the visit was between governor richardson adn officials in north korea. >> this list -- this plan that came out of this. there would be positive steps, would that be enough to resume negotiations? >> we will be guided as we have said all along by what north korea does. not by what it says publicly or tells governor richardson. if north korea reduces tensions and takes steps to reduce tensions in the region, if no

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susan rice, and much on their minds was this question of could the united states senate rise, would the united states senate accomplish this important goal which has meaning, not just to us but to them, because they have joined with us in resolution 1929 in order to put pressure on iran and not to mention the long-term efforts that we have made with respect to north korea. so what we do here is not -- is going to be an expression of our opportunity, of our ability to be able to provide leadership to the american people. let me clarify one thing at the outset of this discussion. we have enough time to do this treaty. to anybody who wants to come out here and claim, oh, no, we don't have time, we can't do it, it's right before christmas and so forth, let me just make it -- let me just remind people, the original start agreement which was passed back in 1992 was a far more dramatic treaty than the new start. the original start treaty was formulated in the -- in the aftermath of the demise of the soviet union. there was huge uncertainty in russia at that point in time. the soviet union had

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