Ex-U.S. negotiator sees bumpy road ahead over N. Korea nukes

Ex-U.S. negotiator sees bumpy road ahead over N. Korea nukes

WASHINGTON, United States - Joel Wit, who was a State Department official in President Bill Clinton's administration, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Washington. Wit, now a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, predicted a bumpy road over Washington's current nuclear standoff with North Korea, saying, ''The question is whether either side is really willing to negotiate.''

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