When President Barack Obama announced a nuclear deal with Iran, he sounded eerily similar to President Bill Clinton when he announced the \u201cAgreed Framework,\u201d a 1994 deal with North Korea to end their pursuit of a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I take your questions, I\u2019d like to say just a word about the framework with North Korea that Ambassador Gallucci signed this morning. This is a good deal for the United States,\u201d Clinton said. \u201cNorth Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. South Korea and our other allies will be better protected. The entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons.\u201d <\/p>\n
President Obama said, \u201cIran is permanently prohibited from pursuing a nuclear weapon under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which provided the basis for the international community\u2019s efforts to apply pressure on Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clinton concluded his remarks by saying, \u201cThe United States and international inspectors will carefully monitor North Korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. Only as it does so will North Korea fully join the community of nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInspectors will have access to Iran\u2019s entire nuclear supply chain \u2014 its uranium mines and mills, its conversion facility, and its centrifuge manufacturing and storage facilities,\u201d Obama told the world. \u201cThis ensures that Iran will not be able to divert materials from known facilities to covert ones. Some of these transparency measures will be in place for 25 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Oct. 9, 2006, North Korea showed the world what they had up their sleeve when they conducted their first successful test of a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n
Watch the video of the two presidents speaking here in a side by side comparison:<\/p>\n