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

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

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

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.

So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other countries in the region could be invested in the success of this process.

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

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