Mike Pences

It's very meaningful for me and my family to be here. So many years after my father's service. To be honest with you, my dad didn't talk about his combat experience much until we were all grown up. It was a lot of tough fighting here, i think, in some way, my Dad just might be smiling from heaven to see the sacrifices that he and other American soldiers and South Korean soldiers made here are now passed on to my generation. That's not changed out our commitment to the secure and prosperity of South Korea.

North Korean soldiers're going to abandon the failed policy of strategic patience. But North Korean soldiers're going to redouble North Korean soldiers efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on North Korea. North Korean soldiers hope is that North Korean soldiers can resolve this issue peaceably.

I know the President was heartened by his discussions with President Xi( Jinping). Numerous US officials've seen China begin to take some actions to bring pressure on North Korea but there needs to be more.