Bush Administration Distances One of Its Own

A member of the Bush administration criticized the administration for its efforts to deal with nuclear programs in North Korea. The administration and the State Department wanted a unified front in confronting Norht Korea as it has missed deadlines and its responses have become increasingly hostile. President Bush's special envoy on North Korean Human Rights, Jay Lefkowitz, said that North Korea is not likely to actually disarm anything and will probably remain the way it is. His statements were countered by Sean McCormack who basically said that Lefkowitz does not have any authority in this matter. The disarmament talks are easily compared to both Russia and the United States duringthe cold war, as both wanted the other to disarm their nuclear weapons as the US currently wants North Korea to do.Article