Ex-Clinton Official (Bill Richardson) May Go to North Korea: Report

NYT/Reuters: Ex - Clinton Official May Go to North Korea: Report
By REUTERS
Published: August 8, 2006

SEOUL (Reuters) - A former U.S. cabinet member who has held discussions with North Korean officials in the past over the North's nuclear ambitions may be planning a fresh trip to Pyongyang, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.

North Korea defied international warnings and test-fired seven missiles on July 5. It has also refused to return to six-country talks stalled since last November on ending its nuclear weapons program.

Bill Richardson, a Democrat and Clinton administration official who is currently governor of New Mexico, was in talks with the North about a visit sometime soon, Yonhap said, citing a diplomatic source in Seoul.

Richardson had been in discussions with the North Korean mission to the United Nations in New York about the visit, Yonhap cited the source as saying.

Richardson was unlikely to travel as an official U.S. envoy, the source said, but added that he had acted as a conduit for the Bush administration before....

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-korea-north-richardson.html

to see if he could establish a conversation with North Korea......since w doesn't talk to anyone he doesn't consider a friend!

admit it.

Let's stay tuned.