Fortunately, we have a question and answer session. So I propose to give you just a couple of mini-speeches, on subjects chosen mainly for their timeliness. One is on proliferation strategy, which is being sorely tested. The other is on how we're organized for arms control and nonproliferation, which is being changed. By way of introduction, let me observe that we are in a maddeningly complicated period for these missions.
International events are ominous enough.
So it may be useful to sketch out our nonproliferation strategy, to put these measures, and others, in context, and show there is a method here, which makes sense and deserves essential support. Iraq continues its WMD ambitions and stepped-up defiance of the United Nations. Iran's intermediate range missile potential threatens throughout and beyond its own region, and its nuclear ambitions are ominous. In addition to the suspect nuclear site, North Korea's three-stage missile capability potentially could land payloads on the United States. On the contrary, it must remain central to our approach.