Did it ever occur to you that the Sec of State may have relinquished her option to talk directly AT N. Korea? And LET China have this one????? It appears to me that we are trying NOT to be the only BULLY on planet earth right now....
Right! Bush wanted trilateral talks at the very least, He didn't want one on one talks, but rather, talks between all concerned parties.
So what could she have relinquished?
I don't see Bush giving in to the demand for direst talks.