South Korea

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as they walk to attend a dinner at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from left, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young pose before their meeting at the Central Government Complex of South Korea in Seoul, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jae-Won, Pool)

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, look through binoculars toward North Korea during a visit to observation post Ouellette at the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjon, South Korea, on July 21, 2010. The DMZ is a strip of land that divides North and South Korea at the 38th parallel. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, as a curious North Korean soldier looks through a window at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference with South Korean counterparts on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Gates and Mrs. Clinton are participating in talks with their Korean counter parts and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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In a Wednesday, July 21, 2010, photo provided by the Navy Visual News Service, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) arrives in Busan, Republic of Korea, to take part in four days of joint military exercises between the Republic of Korea and the United States that starts Sunday. (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service, PO 3rd class Charles Oki)

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U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, as a curious North Korean soldier looks through the window at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates look at North Korea using binoculars at a guard post in Camp Oulette neat the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool) *

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to troops during a stop at Camp Casey on July 20, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Gates, who will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Gates' counterpart Kim Tae-young, greeted troops from the 1st Heavy Brigade and the 210 Fires Brigade. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, front left, and Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Tae Young, front right, leave the Ministry of Defense building in Seoul South Korea, Tuesday July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Cherie Cullen)

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A photo provided by the Defense Department shows Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaking to Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, commander of U.S. Combined Forces Command and commander of U.S. Forces Korea, on board a helicopter to Camp Casey in South Korea to speak with U.S. and Korean troops, Tuesday July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Cherie Cullen)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to troops during a stop at Camp Casey on July 20, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Gates, who will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Gates' counterpart Kim Tae-young, greeted troops from the 1st Heavy Brigade and the 210 Fires Brigade. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to troops during a stop at Camp Casey near the demilitarized zone with North Korea on July 20, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Gates, who will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Gates' counterpart Kim Tae-young, greeted troops from the 1st Heavy Brigade and the 210 Fires Brigade. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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In a photo provided by the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, meets with Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Tae Young, right, in Seoul South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Cherie Cullen)

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South Korean veterans participate in a rally denouncing North Korea in Chunan, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Monday in South Korea on a trip to underscore Washington's firm alliance with Seoul as the two nations plan military exercises in a message of deterrence to North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korean veterans cheer up during a rally denouncing North Korea in Chunan, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Monday in South Korea on a trip to underscore Washington's firm alliance with Seoul as the two nations plan military exercises in a message of deterrence to North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Korean War veterans salute during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 25, 2010. The two Koreas commemorated the anniversary Friday of the war, promoting vastly different views of the origins of the conflict that still divides their peninsula a full six decades later.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, center in front, and government officials pay respect to a national flag during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, addresses South Korean veterans and government officials during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)