Powell defends Bush N. Korea policy
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Preparing to depart for visits to Japan, China, and Korea, US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged that the Bush administration will continue its multilateral effort to solve the North Korea nuclear problem, even as John Kerry sharply attacked the Bush
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 -- President Bush reassured Pacific Rim leaders Thursday that the United States stands squarely behind efforts to liberalize trade with the region, and he promised to continue pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday that he would not accept North Korean conditions for resuming the six-way talks.
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The United States will not accept North Korean demands as &quot;conditions&quot; for the resumption of stalled talks on resolving the Korean nuclear deadlock but Pyongyang is free to raise them if it returns to the table, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell clarified that US policy on China and Taiwan has not changed, in an apparent bid to assuage Taipei's concerns over remarks he made in a visit to Beijing.
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended a nuclear deal with North Korea, saying the United States will be able to judge Pyongyang's compliance before giving too much away.
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Colin Powell says the US will continue its "aggressive" foreign policy during President George Bush's second term.
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BEIJING - US Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a mission to restart talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear program, on Sunday branded North Korea a &quot;terrorist state&quot; that shows &quot;no respect whatsoever for human rights.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has blamed North Korea for the delay in holding new six-nation talks on its nuclear programme. He said Beijing and Washington had agreed on the need to hold another round of talks as soon as possible.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell joined  South Korea on Tuesday in pushing to restart talks on North  Korea's nuclear ambitions right after the U.S. elections, but  Pyongyang said U.S. hostile policy made a meeting impossible.
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The United States on Monday dismissed as inappropriate North Korea&#39;s unusually strong personal attacks on President George W. Bush, but remained confident Pyongyang would attend talks to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.
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The secretary of state often is described as the president's principal foreign policy adviser, but the definition does not always match reality. Certainly not in the case of Colin Powell.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is acknowledging that American intelligence experts do not know how far along North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons programme is and may not be able to find out.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a US &quot;reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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United States Secretary of State Colin Powell is to hold a series of meetings in China to try to kickstart the multilateral talks over North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons program.
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Washington shrugged off harsh verbal attacks from North Korea against US President George W. Bush, saying that the insults would not hinder efforts to end nuclear crisis on the peninsula.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that the United States would not provide &quot;up-front&quot; benefits to North Korea if it agreed to dismantle its nuclear programs, rejecting