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Clinton:"Changes Coming in N. Korea"

The Obama administration and America's Asian allies are preparing for a possible regime change in North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. Speaking to reporters aboard her plane from Indonesia to South Korea, Clinton said "the whole leadership situation (in North Korea) is somewhat unclear." She said the difficulties of dealing with the Stalinist regime of Kim Jong Il-who is believed to have suffered a stroke last year-have been compounded by "the uncertainties that come from questions about potential succession."She said the administration and its allies in the East are studying the scenarios surrounding such a succession of power."If there is a succession-even if it is a peaceful succession-you know, that creates more uncertainty,"Clinton said."It also may encourage behaviors that are even more provocative, as a way to consolidate power within the society. So we will spend a lot of time-I will-trying to determine from the South Koreans and the Chinese what their information is, because obviously they have a lot of sources they can share with us."Clinton's stop in Seoul, the third in her week-long tour of Asian capitals, comes amid increasing tensions between the two Koreas. The North recently suspended its compliance with all treaties it has signed with the democratic South, and threatened over the last week to test-launch a long-range ballistic missile during Clinton's visit to the region. She called the potential launch "of great concern" and urged South Korean leaders not to "take the bait" in response to the North's bellicose statements.One of Clinton's chief aims this week is to reinvigorate the stalled Six-Party talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear programs. The North detonated a low-yield nuclear device in October 2006. That device, and the arsenal of six to 10 nuclear bombs the North is believed to possess, was developed through the reprocessing of plutonium. Since 2002, U.S. officials have alluded to classified intelligence suggesting Pyongyang has also been operating a clandestine highly-enriched uranium (HEU) program, an allegation the North denies.In contrast with the Bush administration-which cited the evidence of HEU activity as the basis for scuttling earlier nuclear accords with North Korea-Clinton on this trip has repeatedly cast doubt on whether the HEU program exists. She has urged those focused on it to remember that it was the reprocessing of plutonium that enabled the North to become a nuclear state.
By James Rosen
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/19/clinton-preparing-regime-change-north-korea/
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