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WHATEVER ACTION IS REQUIRED,
WHATEVER ATTENTION IS
NECESSARY, I WILL DEFEND THE
FREEDOM AND SECURITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
DIFFERENT THREATS REQUIRE
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
IN IRAN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A
GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESSES ITS
PEOPLE, PURSUES WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, AND SUPPORTS
TERROR.
WE ALSO SEE IRANIAN CITIZENS
RISKING INTIMIDATION AND DEATH
AS THEY SPEAK OUT FOR LIBERTY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY.
IRANIANS LIKE ALL PEOPLE HAVE
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN
GOVERNMENT AND DETERMINE THEIR
OWN DESTINY AND THE UNITED
STATES SUPPORTS THEIR
ASPIRATIONS TO LIVE IN FREEDOM.
ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, AN
OPPRESSIVE REGIME RULES A
PEOPLE LIVING IN FEAR AND
STARVATION.
THROUGHOUT THE 1990'S, THE
UNITED STATES RELIED ON A
NEGOTIATED FRAMEWORK TO KEEP
NORTH KOREA FROM GAINING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WE NOW KNOW THAT THAT REGIME
WAS DECEIVING THE WORLD AND
DEVELOPING THOSE WEAPONS ALL
ALONG.
AND TODAY, THE NORTH KOREAN
REGIME IS USING ITS NUCLEAR
PROGRAM TO INCITE FEAR AND SEEK
CONCESSIONS.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD WILL NOT
BE BLACKMAILED.

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AMERICA IS WORKING WITH THE
COUNTRIES OF THE REGION, SOUTH
KOREA, JAPAN, CHINA, AND RUSSIA
TO FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION AND
TO SHOW THE NORTH KOREAN
GOVERNMENT THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
WILL BRING ONLY ISOLATION,
ECONOMIC STAGNATION, AND
CONTINUED HARDSHIP.
THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME WILL
FIND RESPECT IN THE WORLD AND
REVIVAL FOR ITS PEOPLE ONLY
WHEN IT TURNS AWAY FROM ITS
NUCLEAR AMBITIONS.
OUR NATION AND THE WORLD MUST
LEARN THE LESSONS OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA AND NOT ALLOW AN EVEN
GREATER THREAT TO RISE UP IN
IRAQ.