Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox is a conservative Republican member of Congress who was first elected in 1988. He was a member of a Republican group of Congress members (the North Korea Advisory Group) that in 1999 submitted a report critical of President Bill Clinton’s policies on North Korea. The following viewpoint is taken from testimony Cox presented before the House Committee on International Relations in October 1999. He argues that although the United States is giving extensive foreign aid to North Korea, the nation’s repressive regime has not adequately reciprocated by moderating its behavior. North Korea has not fully lived up to its promises under the 1994 Agreed Framework to freeze its nuclear program and negotiate with South Korea, he asserts. In addition, North Korea continues to...