U.S. Delegation Crosses Koreas Border

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U.S. envoys made a rare crossing Wednesday of the border dividing the two Koreas with the remains of six American soldiers from the Korean War, completing a mission where they pushed for action on North Korea's nuclear disarmament.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Anthony Principi, former U.S. veterans affairs secretary, were greeted at the frontier between North and South by U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow and U.S. military officials.

Richardson spent four days in North Korea, also joined by the top White House adviser on Korea, Victor Cha.

``Hopefully, we've done our bit to relieve the tension between our two countries,'' Richardson said after crossing the border, referring to the U.S. and the North.

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