Ex-defense secretary: U.S. ‘losing control’ of N. Korea crisis [View All]

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Perry warns of drift toward war

By Thomas E. Ricks And Glenn Kessler
THE WASHINGTON POST

Only last winter Perry publicly argued that the North Korea problem was controllable. Now, he said, he has grown to doubt that. “It was manageable six months ago if we did the right things,” he said. “But we haven’t done the right things.”
He added: “I have held off public criticism to this point because I had hoped that the administration was going to act on this problem, and that public criticism might be counterproductive. But time is running out, and each month the problem gets more dangerous.”
http://www.msnbc.com/news/939149.asp?0na=x22136J3-

From an online bio:
Shortly after President Clinton's reelection in November 1996, Perry made known his decision to step down as secretary. He spoke of his growing frustration over working with a Congress so partisan that it was harming the military establishment, and said that he did not think the results of the 1996 congressional election would decrease the partisanship.
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/perry.htm