Excerpts from the 05 October Department of State Daily Press Briefing on sending a technical team to North Korea. Spokesman Sean McCormack is responding to questions:

QUESTION: Do you have an updated schedule on what the team going for disablement is?

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MR. MCCORMACK: I think they’re going to be leaving on the 9th, yeah. It’s going to be led by Sung Kim, who is the Korea Office Director in the State Department. The team is also going to comprise technical experts from around the government as well as, I believe, an NSC representative as well.

QUESTION: Can I (inaudible) for a second?

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QUESTION: And also, the statement had said that the U.S. would lead the expert team. Are experts of other countries going?

MR. MCCORMACK: I believe that the idea is there would be — there could be participation from other governments as well. But as you point out, the statement said the U.S. would lead the effort. . .

QUESTION: So I just want to follow up. Can you tell us what they’ll be doing on the ground?

MR. MCCORMACK: What they’re going to be doing — this team that leaves next week is going to be putting in place the roadmap so that you get from where we are right now to a disabled Yongbyon facility at the end of the year as well as having a full declaration from North Korea about their nuclear activities, as stated in the September 30th agreement. There will be subsequent teams that go out there that will participate in the actual disablement of the facilities.