Let's not ignore this presidential candidate's success in ending the impasse on NK nuke inspections

Governor Richardson: Saturday Deadline For Shutting Down The Reactor - An Extraordinary Effort

North Korean officials have assured US that their country will respect the agreement to close the Yongbyon nuclear reactor right after the funds from previously frozen bank accounts in Macau are accessed

"The North Korean government told us with that issue resolved, it would move promptly within a day after receiving the funds," Democratic governor Bill Richardson said in Seoul following a four- day visit to North Korea, adding that Pyongyang would also invite the IAES inspectors "to draw up the terms for shutting down the Yongbyon reactor".

Governor Bill Richardson suggested that the Saturday term deadline for shutting down the reactor would assume an "extraordinary effort".

more: http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_23731-Governor-Richardson-Saturday-Deadline-For-Shutting-Down-The-Reactor-An-Extraordinary-Effort.html


US Says North Korea to Invite UN Inspectors Within Day of Getting Funds

By VOA News
11 April 2007

New Mexico state Governor Bill Richardson said Wednesday the North Korean government told him that once the funds are received, it will invite the International Atomic Energy Agency to Pyongyang to draft the terms for shutting down the Yongbyon reactor.

Richardson said he expects the Macau bank to tell North Korea it can retrieve its money later Wednesday or Thursday.

In Washington, a U.S. State Department spokesman said the United States expects that North Korea will meet Saturday's deadline to shut down the Yongbyon reactor complex.

more: http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-04-11-voa51.cfm


U.S. Tells NKorea Delay 'Not Acceptable'

04.11.07, 9:42 AM ET

North Korea wanted to delay a weekend deadline for shutting down its nuclear reactor by a month, but the United States said that was too long, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday.

"We let them know that this was not acceptable and the issue was dropped," he said. Instead, Richardson said the shutdown should only take a "few days."

"Now the ball is in North Korea's court to take the next important steps," he said, adding that officials there had reaffirmed a commitment to making initial moves to disarm.

Richardson, who was speaking in Seoul after a four-day trip to the North, said that Pyongyang offered to welcome U.N. nuclear inspectors within a day of receiving frozen funds that have been an obstacle in disarmament talks.

Earlier Wednesday, Richardson's delegation made a rare North to South crossing through the heavily armed Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula at the truce village of Panmunjom, also bringing with them the remains of six U.S. soldiers from the Korean War.

more: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/11/ap3601854.html



New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answers a reporter's question during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, after a four-day trip to the North Korea, 11 Apr 2007


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They are out there doing what needs to be done.

and he's panned for not raising enough campaign cash during this period . . .

here's a candidate focused on something important and consequential

let's ignore him until he says something snarky . . . :eyes: