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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.

Mitchell Reiss
Play, Cards, Done

But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as we go forward and make sure that people honor their pledges in terms of financial commitments, and that we actually use this money so that it makes a real difference.

Mitchell Reiss
Real, Commitment, Eye

You are either going forward or you are not.

Mitchell Reiss

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

Mitchell Reiss
Agreement, Korea, Intention

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.

Mitchell Reiss
Country, Fashion, President
Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.

Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people?

Mitchell Reiss
Thinking, Korea, People

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.

Mitchell Reiss
Country, Korea, United States
"Interview with State Department Policy Planning Director Mitchell Reiss". Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.

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

Mitchell Reiss
Nuclear, Weapons, Terrorism
"Interview with State Department Policy Planning Director Mitchell Reiss". Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.

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

Mitchell Reiss
Korea, Different, Ifs

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