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To: Ilaine who wrote (53412)	10/20/2002 10:46:23 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

I guess this means we'll also freeze construction on those light water reactors?

To: Ilaine who wrote (53412)	10/20/2002 11:04:04 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

the lefties start yelling at the administration for cutting off the oil supply to North Korea? I thought the same thing when I read it. "Great Minds." :^) I will be couched like this: " I think what North Korea has done is terrible, But, it was caused by our terrible policies toward them, and we ought to negotiate instead."

To: Ilaine who wrote (53412)	10/20/2002 11:04:16 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

How many minutes until the lefties start yelling at the administration for cutting off the oil supply to North Korea? Looks to me as if we've got CB's evil twin posting this morning.

To: Ilaine who wrote (53412)	10/20/2002 5:02:42 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

From the 1999 Report: IV. Does U.S. assistance sustain the North Korean government? The United States has replaced the Soviet Union as a primary benefactor of North Korea. The United States now feeds more than one-third of all North Koreans, and the U.S.-supported KEDO program supplies almost half of its HFO needs. This aid frees other resources for North Korea to divert to its WMD and conventional military programs. U.S. aid to North Korea has grown from zero to more than $270 million annually, totaling $645 million over the last five years. Based on current trends, that total will likely exceed $1 billion next year. During that same time, North Korea developed missiles capable of striking the United States and became a major drug trafficking and currency counterfeiting nation. Despite assurances from the administration, U.S. food and fuel assistance is not adequately monitored. At least $11 million in HFO assistance has been diverted. In contravention of stated U.S. policy, food has been distributed in places where monitors are denied access. One U.S. aid worker in North Korea recently called the monitoring system a "scam." More than 90% of food aid distribution sites in North Korea have never been visited by a food aid monitor. The North Koreans have never divulged a complete list of where aid is distributed. North Korea has the longest sustained U.N. food emergency program in history. There are no significant efforts to support or compel agricultural and economic reforms needed for North Korea to feed itself. North Korea will likely continue to refuse to reform, instead relying on brinkmanship to exact further aid from the United States and other members of the international community. house.gov