OK, here's a question: now that State has an Asst. Sec. for East Asia, what is this Bosworth fellow supposed to be doing? I'd never call myself an expert, but North Korea doesn't strike me as a part-time job.

"blast the Kansas Senator for his irresponsibility"

Might not there still be some way to make it a matter of public record that this sort of misguided use of this senatorial privilege is truly irresponsible, and this case jeopardized US foreign policy in this critical area? What is wrong with the good senator?

North Korea went off track thanks to the Bush administration. Brownback (R-KS) is extending that legacy and taking advantage of the current confusion in the White House.

As in other matters, the Obama administration is sending out different messages.

Obama (whitehouse.gov): "We have pledged to work with our partners to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea through the Six-Party process."

Campbell: "If confirmed, I would use close bilateral and trilateral coordination with Tokyo and Seoul to make clear that neither the United States nor its allies will accept a nuclear North Korea."

Two, three or six, which is it?

Brownback wants sanctions, not negotiations, and he sat on Hill and Campbell to make his point.

Are special representatives like Bosworth, Holbrooke, and Mitchell, who report to the White House, there to keep Hilary Clinton in line?

Hopefully, the new US envoy( Mr Kurt Campbell) to the pacific rim would do his best to confront the emerging challenges that the United States faces in this volatile region.

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