Was it a mistake for the last administration to resume diplomatic relations with Libya?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Efforts to recover this from Iran cannot be made until Iran and the United States resume diplomatic relations, and even then the prospect seems dim.

ECONOMIST: The legal battle

But with the success of his North Korean mission so quick and easy, it's conceivable that Bill Clinton could add the role of "diplomatic cleaner" to his resume -- a version of Harvey Keitel's role as Winston Wolfe in the movie "Pulp Fiction" -- a fixer of messy problems, which he solves with a combination of stylish charisma and lucid thinking under pressure.

CNN: Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man