I had to adapt to the fact that it wasn't going to be useful to give him something and say this is, you know, this is an article worth reading. Rex Tillerson More Quotes by Rex Tillerson More Quotes From Rex Tillerson We just kind of lost track of how we were doing, and I think things have gotten out of balance. Rex Tillerson politics President Obama told President Trump this is going to be your greatest challenge that you're going to have to manage, and he was right. Rex Tillerson politics He learns from every single attempt, and he gets knowledge, and he gets intel. And he takes those lessons learned and just churns them right over into the next one, all options for responding to future provocations must remain on the table. Rex Tillerson world Diplomatic and financial leverage or power will be backed up by willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action, if necessary. the council has repeatedly warned that it will take 'further significant measures, including sanctions' in the case of future provocations. Rex Tillerson world They confirmed to us that they had requested that the regime conduct no further nuclear test, in fact, we were told by the Chinese that they informed the (North Korean) regime that if they did conduct further nuclear tests, China would be taking sanctions action on their own. Rex Tillerson top-news He may be ruthless, he may be a murderer. He may be someone who, in many respects, we would say by our standards is irrational. But he is not insane. Rex Tillerson top-news We're asking a lot of the Chinese, i think in the past, the assumption has been the Chinese would only take limited action. We're going to test that assumption. Rex Tillerson top-news We do not seek regime change in North Korea, we're not seeking a collapse of the regime. Rex Tillerson top-news He loves China and he loves the people of China. I know he would like to be able to do something, perhaps it's possible that he can't. Rex Tillerson top-news Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea's unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests, with each provocation, North Korea jeopardizes stability in Northeast Asia and poses a growing threat to our allies and the U.S. homeland. Rex Tillerson politics Iran spends its treasure and time disrupting peace, iran’s nuclear ambitions are a grave risk to international peace and security. Rex Tillerson latest-headlines The Trump administration has no intention of passing the buck to a future administration on Iran. Rex Tillerson latest-headlines I hope that what the Russian Government concludes is that they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in Bashar al-Assad…The Assad regime, the Iranians and Hezbollah - is that a long term alliance that serves Russia's interests? Rex Tillerson politics In terms of the future of Bashar al-Assad, it is important to us that we undertake a political process that leads to the final conclusion of how Syria will be governed. It is our policy for a unified Syria that is governed by the people of Syria. I think it is clear to all of us that the reign of the Assad family is coming to an end. Rex Tillerson world I think even China is beginning to recognize that this presents a threat to even China's interests. Rex Tillerson world President Xi clearly understands, and I think agrees, that the situation has intensified and has reached a certain level of threat that action has to be taken. Rex Tillerson world That will part of the discussions when I visit Moscow next week is to call upon Foreign Minister Lavrov and the Russian government to fulfill the obligation it made to the international community when it agreed to be the guarantor of the elimination of the chemical weapons, and why Russia has not been able to achieve that is unclear to me. I don't draw conclusions of complicity at all, but clearly they've been incompetent and perhaps they've just simply been out-maneuvered by the Syrians. Rex Tillerson top-news I hope Russia is thinking carefully about its continued alliance with Bashar al-Assad, because every time one of these horrific attacks occurs, it draws Russia closer into some level of responsibility. Rex Tillerson top-news President Trump noted the challenges caused by Chinese government intervention in its economy and raised serious concerns. Rex Tillerson politics The two sides noted the urgency of the threat of North Korea's weapons program, reaffirmed their commitment to a denuclearized Korean Peninsula and committed to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions. Rex Tillerson politics
