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President Bush (Oct. 11): "Our goals remain clear: peace and security in Northeast Asia and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. We will take the necessary actions to achieve these goals. We will work with the United Nations. We'll support our allies in the region. And together, we will ensure that North Korea understands the consequences if it continues down its current path."
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Secretary Rice (Oct. 11): "Today we take comfort in knowing that the threat of military attack against Iceland and the North Atlantic area is lower than at any time in our generation. The Cold War rivalries that provided the basis for our common defense have been relegated to the books of history." Joint Understanding between U.S. and Iceland
| |  | | Daily Press Briefing: International Community Seeking Sanctions Against North Korea
Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Oct. 10): "...There was a seismic event, everybody can confirm that, of a certain magnitude. There are varying estimates at the moment, but within a certain range, so you know something happened. And that, coupled with the fact that the North Korean Government claimed that this was a nuclear explosion gives the international community cause enough to act and cause enough to act to seek very strong sanctions resolution for which there is widespread support around the world."
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| | ![Secretary Rice walks off her plane upon arrival in Tel Aviv\'s Ben Gurion airport October 4, 2006. [State Department photo by Matty Stern]](/all/20061011223141im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2006_1009_rice_96.jpg) | | Secretary Rice's Recent Travel to the Middle East
Secretary Rice traveled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel the Palestinian Territories, and Iraq October 1-6, 2006. At the President's request, Secretary Rice led a diplomatic effort to engage moderate leaders across the region. On October 6 Secretary Rice traveled to London, United Kingdom for the P5+1 meeting on Iran, returning to Washington October 7.
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Pedro Jose Martin
