Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today chose U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher Hill to serve concurrently as head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks. The future of the Six-Party Talks, though, is uncertain after North Korea's announcement last week that it is postponing its participation indefinitely. A key goal of the talks, which also include China, Russia, South Korea and Japan, is the termination of the North's nuclear weapons program in a verifiable manner. In addition to suspending...
