We've been doing inspections all along. You can always make the argument that work could have been done faster.
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This (the Army Corps' role) has created an opportunity to get the emergency inspections across the state, and it's also an opportunity for our staff to deal one on one with specialists from across the country.
There still is a lot of negotiating that will have to be completed in November, including the specifics of the agreements and time frames. But in essence, North Korea has agreed to end its existing nuclear weapons and ongoing development and to include inspections in exchange for a U. S. agreement not to invade or attack North Korea and to gradually normalize relations.
As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies.
The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.
Had the United States not acted in Iraq, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi would likely not have declared his weapons programs, submitted to international inspections and voluntarily dismantled its programs.
It is particularly troubling that the official who conducted these inspections and issued the orders is conveniently on vacation when the information became public. The Butte plant has been left in limbo, not knowing whether business can be conducted or not while the FSIS official in charge is on vacation. Meanwhile, Montana's 4-H program has been a casualty of the agency's actions. MCA will work feverishly to obtain the answers as to why USDA has undertaken this action.
One of the problems with President Bush issuing that kind of ultimatum is that he has no credibility. Members of his administration have said inspections don't matter. Members of his administration have said that, even if they get back in Iraq and succeed in disarming Iraq, that they're still going to seek regime removal.
No one has a precise answer. The International Atomic Energy Agency dismantled 40 nuclear-research facilities before the U. N. inspectors left Iraq, including three uranium-enrichment sites. Prior to the inspections, Saddam's stealthiness had been so effective that none of the 40 were known to the outside world. Clearly, Iraq was on its way to becoming a nuclear power. Without ground inspections, those who track Iraq's nuclear development have had to rely on interviews with recent defectors and surveys of suppliers Baghdad has contacted seeking parts. Both suggest that Iraq's nuclear program is back in full swing. Iraq's known nuclear scientists are gravitating to the country's five nuclear research sites, ... That doesn't appear to be coincidental.
The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.
I'd like the focus of the resolution to be on urging the U. N. to take action, setting a deadline, an ultimatum to have the very strong inspections, to force inspections and to authorize member nations to use military force to implement that resolution calling for the very strong inspections and disarmament.
Iraq continues not to provide the inspectors what they need to do the job and disarm Iraq, so this will be an opportunity for me to discuss this once again with my Chinese colleagues and point out to them that the United States feels strongly that we cannot just allow inspections to continue forever, and the answer is not more inspectors, the answer is Iraq compliance,
Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't.
I think it is important also to recognize that our Customs border protection officers who secure our borders and conduct inspections of people in vehicles and cargo are also facing staffing shortages.
We discovered that our original agreement only covered residential inspections, and needed to be broadened to include commercial.