[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 92 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: July 15, 1994]
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                     NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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                         HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR.

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 1994

  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, President Carter's visit to North Korea and 
the disorganized nature of the Clinton administration's policy threaten 
the security of the United States. President Clinton would have us 
believe that the crisis of North Korea's nuclear program is over. 
Nothing could be further from the truth.
  North Korea has been pursuing a nuclear bomb since the 1960's and has 
consistently displayed a lack of cooperation with the International 
Atomic Energy Agency. To believe that a brief visit by former President 
Carter has reversed decades of effort and expense on Pyongyang's part 
is doubtful at best. North Korea is doing what it has done for years--
stalling. The reality is that the the North Korean nuclear bomb program 
is likely to continue unimpeded.
  President Clinton promised that North Korea would not be allowed to 
develop a nuclear weapon and called for sanctions if they failed to 
submit to IAEA inspections. He has reversed himself on both counts. 
North Korea may already have a nuclear weapon and is on the verge of 
building more. If we fail to act soon, North Korea will have a nuclear 
arsenal it could sell to Iran, Syria, and other rogue states that pose 
a threat to the United States and our allies around the world.

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