Traveling the world in search of Condi's legacy:

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said on Friday he may go to Beijing at the weekend to meet his North Korean counterpart for talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs. "I think we will have an announcement on that at some point," Hill told reporters in Bangkok. "We had some very good discussions with the Chinese. There is an idea we might try to arrange something this weekend."

We're always on the verge of a breakthrough with the Chinese. A cynic might call it chasing the dragon.