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Lead U.S. Delegation to ASEAN Meetings
Deputy Secretary Negroponte: "...we have had a very good day of meetings, particularly the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference consultations with the ASEAN countries. I had a very good meeting with the 10 Foreign Ministers and had an opportunity to emphasize the great importance that the United States attaches to our relationship with ASEAN -- a group of countries comprising 100 million people, the fourth largest market for the United States economically, and essentially an area of peace and tranquility, where all of the conflict situations between the countries of the region have been resolved and are part of history. " Deputy Secretary's Trip Page
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North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions
![Assistant Secretary Hill [State Dept. Photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_hill_video_96.jpg) Assistant Secretary Hill (April 1): "I must say as difficult the declaration it is, I think the next phase would be more even difficult as we try to get North Korea to finally do away with its nuclear ambitions, and so we have a lot of work to do and frankly speaking, we're really at the point where we need this declaration very soon." Full Text |
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