|
|
Transcript: Bush Takes Step to Rebuild North Korea Relations
- Article from:
- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- June 26, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
ARI SHAPIRO
NPR Morning Edition
06-26-2008
Bush Takes Step to Rebuild North Korea Relations
Host: ARI SHAPIRO
Time 11:00-12:00 PM
Play Audio
ARI SHAPIRO, host:
The Bush administration is taking steps toward rebuilding relations with a country it once said was part of an axis of evil. That country is North Korea. And today, President Bush announced that the United States is lifting some trade sanctions against Pyongyang and removing North Korea from a list of countries that the US considers state sponsors of terrorism. The moves are a major shift in US policy, and they came after North Korean officials handed over an accounting of their country's nuclear activities to Chinese officials in ...