| U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, walks with Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill following a meeting with Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, Wednesday, July 23, 2008, during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, Ministerial Meeting held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. Rice held talks with Asian officials Wednesday before meeting North Korea's top diplomat in what will be the Bush administration's highest-level contact with the Stalinist state in four years. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) |