Mitchell Reiss

Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is…

— Mitchell Reiss

I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.

— Mitchell Reiss

Again, I think we have much greater diplomatic weight by having all of us sit on the same side of the table…

— Mitchell Reiss

It's up to Kim Jong Il to make that decision, and we can't make that for him.

— Mitchell Reiss

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have…

— Mitchell Reiss

We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going…

— Mitchell Reiss

It's time for the IRA to go out of business.

— Mitchell Reiss

We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model.

— Mitchell Reiss

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.

— Mitchell Reiss

First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime…

— Mitchell Reiss

Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues.

— Mitchell Reiss

What we can do is to explain as clearly as possible what the benefits would be of him going down one path,…

— Mitchell Reiss

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

— Mitchell Reiss

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.

— Mitchell Reiss

So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue.

— Mitchell Reiss

So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other…

— Mitchell Reiss

And it has to do with having no inventory or stockpiles on the shelf, but items arrive as you need to build…

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The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.

— Mitchell Reiss

Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust.

— Mitchell Reiss

Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision.…

— Mitchell Reiss

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually…

— Mitchell Reiss

The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our…

— Mitchell Reiss

But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as…

— Mitchell Reiss

First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94.

— Mitchell Reiss

You are either going forward or you are not.

— Mitchell Reiss