In October 2002, “U.S. envoy James Kelly had traveled to North Korea to confront the regime of Kim Jong Il with fresh evidence that its nuclear programs were designed to produce weapons. Virtually everyone expected the North Koreans to dismiss the United States’ findings and downplay their own nuclear ambitions. Instead, the North Koreans not only confirmed the existence of the programs, they boldly announced that they had long since abandoned the agreement of 1994 requiring them to halt their weapons program.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Stephen F. Hayes, Cheney, Page 430