Clinton to NKorea: End Nuke Ambitions  09/08 10:44

   WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. message 
to North Korea is the same, whoever leads the country: Give up your nuclear 
ambitions.

   Clinton said Wednesday in a speech that the U.S. is watching the North's 
"leadership process" but doesn't know how it will turn out.

   She says the U.S. and its partners want to "convince whoever is in 
leadership in North Korea that their future would be far better served by" 
abandoning their nuclear programs.

   She says the North must "discuss seriously denuclearization that is 
irreversible."

   Clinton's comments come ahead of talks next week on long-stalled disarmament 
talks by the Obama administration's envoys to North Korea and officials in 
Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing.


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