Former U.S. President Bill Clinton met President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday to brief him about his visit to North Korea early this month and apparently passed on a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Clinton had already been debriefed by U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones immediately after the visit.
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Clinton's meeting with Obama came after North Korea made conciliatory gestures toward South Korea by signing a five-point accord in a meeting with Hyundai chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun. While welcoming the move, which amounts to an opening of the inter-Korean border, the U.S. State Department on Monday urged Pyongyang to take steps toward complete denuclearization. |