Iran spends its treasure and time disrupting peace, iran’s nuclear ambitions are a grave risk to international peace and security.

Rex Tillerson

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I know change like this is really stressful for a lot of peple, there's nothing easy about it, and I don't want to diminish the challenges in any way it presents to individuals, it presents to families, it presents to organizations. All I can offer you on the other side of that equation is an opportunity to shape the future way we deliver on mission.

We just kind of lost track of how we were doing, and I think thin... by Rex Tillerson

We just kind of lost track of how we were doing, and I think things have gotten out of balance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We do not seek regime change in North Korea, we're not seeking a... by Rex Tillerson

We do not seek regime change in North Korea, we're not seeking a collapse of the regime.

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.

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.

The Trump administration has no intention of passing the buck to... by Rex Tillerson

The Trump administration has no intention of passing the buck to a future administration on Iran.

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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?

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.

I think even China is beginning to recognize that this presents a... by Rex Tillerson

I think even China is beginning to recognize that this presents a threat to even China's interests.

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.

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.

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.

President Trump noted the challenges caused by Chinese government intervention in its economy and raised serious concerns.

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.