Excerpt of Obama's State of the Union address

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is an excerpt of U.S. President
Barack Obama's State of the Union address delivered in Washington Wednesday
touching on nuclear weapons and North Korea.

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Even as we prosecute two wars, we are also confronting perhaps the greatest
danger to the American people - the threat of nuclear weapons. I have embraced
the vision of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan through a strategy that reverses
the spread of these weapons, and seeks a world without them. To reduce our
stockpiles and launchers, while ensuring our deterrent, the United States and
Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reaching arms control treaty
in nearly two decades. And at April's Nuclear Security Summit, we will bring
forty-four nations together behind a clear goal: securing all vulnerable nuclear
materials around the world in four years, so that they never fall into the hands
of terrorists.
These diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those
nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of these
weapons. That is why North Korea now faces increased isolation, and stronger
sanctions, sanctions that are being vigorously enforced. That is why the
international community is more united, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more
isolated. And as Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there
should be no doubt: they, too, will face growing consequences.

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