Henry James
CRN
June 3, 2009
WASHINGTON- Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is extremely frustrated with a new negotiating tactic that the White House is contemplating.
In an attempt to curtail aggressive actions by the North Korean government, including firing long- and short-range missiles, in an internal memo President Obama has offered a compromised approach: a limited amount of small nuclear weaponry in exchange for the end of provocative actions.
In the previously classified memo, President Obama outlined a plan to limit North Korea's path towards weapons by allowing them to be in possession of some, in hopes that they would not persuade more. This includes "at most four nuclear weapons capable of being used via rocket warhead."
A spokeswoman for President Obama heralded the plan as a sign that "peace can find a way, so long as two side can negotiate." She went on to state that the President believed, since North Korea already had nuclear weapons, there was no reason to persuade the nation to stop nuclear research.
Despite the President's plan, North Korea has not responded to his offer and he has been presented with resistance by Admiral Mullen. In a circular distributed by White House Press, Admiral Mullen writes that the plan, if handled incorrectly, could have "catastrophic consequences."
As of now, there is no clear timetable for the enactment of this policy. However, a spoeman for Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reported that it could be put into action by this July 4th holiday.
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