NEWSMAX: Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson on Friday said he and Google executive Eric Schmidt will make a “private humanitarian visit” to North Korea, partly aimed at securing the release of an American detainee there.
“The objective of the trip is a private humanitarian visit. We’re not representing the U.S. government,” Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said on CBS’ “This Morning.”
His remarks come a day after U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland said the timing of the trip was “not particularly helpful,” citing North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket in December… (more)
EDITOR: Seems like a good idea to us. We suspect also to the State Department. Richardson was our former representative ot the United Nations. Richardson is a former Ambassador to the United Nations.
