Thursday, Aug 10, 2017

Published: Aug. 10, 2017, 9:56 a.m.

In 1999, President Bill Clinton sent an envoy to North Korea for a rare negotiation aimed at stopping the country\u2019s nuclear development. That was the moment, the envoy says, when everything could have gone differently. Guest: William Perry, the secretary of defense from 1994 to 1997, who went on that diplomatic mission. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.