Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Sean Mccormack Holds State Department Regular News Briefing

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Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Sean Mccormack Holds State Department Regular News Briefing

STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

SPEAKER: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SEAN MCCORMACK

[*] MCCORMACK: Good afternoon, everybody. I don't have any opening statement, so we can get right to your questions.

Who'd like to start? QUESTION: North Korea, Sean.

MCCORMACK: Yes.

QUESTION: North Korea, what's your understanding of what's going on at Yongbyon?

MCCORMACK: Well, our understanding is that the North Koreans are moving some equipment around that they had previously put into storage. I don't have a whole lot of details beyond that.

Our monitors, our personnel are still on the ground, as are some IAEA personnel, and that's what we have some real-time insight as to actually what it is that they're doing.

Now, with respect to moving the process forward, North Korea knows what it needs to do. The United States has made i...

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