Dean would have people far worse than this:
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August 24, 1998
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Cohen: North hasn't violated agreement
The United States has downplayed concerns that North Korea has reneged on its commitment to refrain from nuclear weapons development, saying it lacks firm evidence that Pyongyang has broken the agreed framework of the accord.
On Sunday, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen said North Korea was not in violation of the agreement. However, he said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the United States is concerned about the project.
"We believe that the agreed framework is still in place, and that was to freeze the North Koreans' production capability for producing nuclear weapons in place," Cohen said. "We have not received any information that would indicate that they have violated that agreement as of yet. It's something that we are now following with great interest."
A resumption of nuclear research by North Korea would certainly raise tension in the Korean peninsula, where North Korea and South Korea are separated by a heavily fortified border. The United States has 37,000 troops in the South.
Tensions were heightened earlier this year when a North Korean submarine with commandos was discovered off the South Korean coast.
"Our concern is for the stability in the region, and North Korea's overtures to the U.S. have come because the Chinese and Russians reduced their support and they felt more isolated," Denoon said.
North Korea and the United States agreed in 1994 that North Korea would receive the oil supplies and two safe, light-water reactors in exchange for abandoning its nuclear program. The reactors were to be built by a consortium led by the United States, South Korea and Japan.