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At ABC, Pentagon correspondent Jonathan Karl (subscription required) was assigned to North Korea instead, as Pyongyang agreed "to disable its nuclear program by the end of the year, to make a complete accounting of its nuclear stockpile and, perhaps most remarkably, inviting a team of United States experts to lead the effort to take apart the nuclear facilities." Karl called it "a stunning turnaround" twice: first the North Korea would give up its weapons; second that US diplomats backtracked on their pledge to offer "no rewards" until disarmament had occurred. The "rewards" agreed to include energy assistance and removal of North Korea from the list of terrorist sponsors. "To get something in this world you have to give something," was how Karl quoted his anonymous "senior official" source in justification.
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