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And whenever North Korea is mentioned, I tend to think of President Carter. He was a negotiator who always did his homework - both in and out of office. And during the Clinton administration he was asked to meet with then-leader Kim Il-sung (Kim Jong-un's grandfather) to de-escalate a nuclear crisis. And Jimmy Carter did his research and went in knowing what it took to succeed - and what the North Korean leader wanted and expected was respect. So that's what Carter gave him and he succeeded. In fact, when Clinton left office the leader was confused and disappointed that he would no longer be dealing with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. And that agreement held until George W. Bush* included North Korea in his "Axis of Evil," and North Korea as been adversarial ever since.