ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> STORY: U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, meeting with her Japanese counterpart in Washington, D.C. Monday (December 19), said that the United States has an interest in, "peaceful, stable transition in North Korea".<br/> Kim Jong-il, the 69-year old leader of North Korea died on Saturday of what a North Korean newscaster said was, "physical and mental over-work."