Banking commissioners in Pennsylvania, Washington and North Carolina are weighing aspects of suitability-type requirements.
Washington says North Korea must prove its sincerity before any serious disarmament deal can be reached.
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Suspicions linger in Washington about whether North Korea is proceeding stealthily with its nuclear-weapons program.
This week James Kelly, an American official, told a Senate committee in Washington that the North could produce enough enriched uranium to make nuclear weapons in months.
WASHINGTON North Korea's apparent upgrade to its nuclear-fuel production capabilities is raising fears among lawmakers and proliferation experts about Pyongyang's potential role in supplying Iran and others with the sophisticated machinery.
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The North has also accused Seoul and Washington of preparing to invade North Korea.
LaHood is promising his full support to get Washington's main north-south roadway repaired as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, a report in the Washington Times has suggested North Korea is now shopping around for equipment that can be used to enrich uranium, another substance from which nuclear weapons can be made.
In a well-guarded room near the Potomac river, north of Washington, DC to which very few people have access (biometric scanners can prevent any unwanted human presence) there is a laptop that is finding the answer.
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In a now-defunct U.S.-North Korean agreement in which Washington had planned last year to give food aid to Pyongyang in exchange for nuclear concessions, Washington had said it was prepared to increase people-to-people exchanges with the North, including in the areas of culture, education and sports.
The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, a lobby group in Washington, DC, claims that the total number stranded in North Korea is huge: 180, 000.
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Speaking in Washington, Mr Obama said North Korea would only achieve security by meeting its international obligations.
Meanwhile, Washington accused Sihanouk of allowing North Vietnamese troops passage through his country.
Washington still refuses to accept North Korea as a full-fledged nuclear power.
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Washington and Seoul have called North Korea's rocket launch a cover for a test of Pyongyang's banned ballistic missile technology.
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Washington also expanded sanctions against North Korea this month in a bid to cripple the regime's ability to develop its nuclear program.
Earlier, China's foreign minister promised Washington that Beijing would push North Korea to return to the talks, a senior U.S. State Department official said.
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Before that, North Korea had Washington scurrying with promises of goodies when the regime was discovered digging a tunnel that could be used for nuclear testing.
Shoppers at Amazon.com, for instance, currently pay tax only if they ship purchases to five specific states (Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington) where the company has a physical presence, such as a distribution center.
Advances in the country's missile technology are watched carefully in both Seoul and Washington because of fears that North Korea could one day use long-range missiles to deliver nuclear weapons, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.
Most Americans would be delighted to have the quality of care found in places like Rochester, Minnesota, or Seattle, Washington, or Durham, North Carolina all of which have world-class hospitals and costs that fall below the national average.
North Korea appears to be readying a missile test, in what the U.S. says would be its third since December, and there are varying opinions in Washington as to whether the North is able to develop and launch nuclear-tipped missiles.
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