The Chinese have been very clear to us that these are separate issues, their behavior has demonstrated that as well and we appreciate that. China has actually been a good partner in our efforts to reduce the risk to the world from North Korea's nuclear capability; I expect they will continue to do so.

Mike Pompeo

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Our leaders made commitments at the Singapore Summit on the complete denuclearization of North Korea and outlined what a transformed US-DPRK relationship could look like, since the summit, the consultations have continued. On this trip I'm seeking to fill in some details on those commitments and continue the momentum towards implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world. I expect that the DPRK is ready to do the same.

On this trip I'm seeking to fill in some details on those commitments and continue the momentum toward implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world.

We have observed China not enforcing control over their cross-border areas as vigorously as they were six or 12 months ago.

We've been pretty unambiguous in our conversations about what we mean when we say complete denuclearization.

Make no mistake, President Donald Trump agrees Russia interfering in our election is something President Donald Trump simply can not do, i don't think he would take any umbrage with that.

Make no mistake, President Donald Trump agrees Russia interfering in our election is something President Trump and President Putin simply can not do, i don't think President Donald Trump would take any umbrage with that.

I'm confident what( Trump) intended there was,' we did reduce the threat,' i don't think there's any doubt about that.

I'm not prepared to talk about the details of the discussions tha... by Mike Pompeo

I'm not prepared to talk about the details of the discussions that are taking place.

Halting a clearly-defined list of weapons activities should be th... by Mike Pompeo

Halting a clearly-defined list of weapons activities should be the first step in negotiations.

I will say that there are understandings that have been put together prior to the summit, some that took place when the president was in Singapore that I think put us on the right trajectory so that we can build out a framework for success.

There always will be challenges and there is work to do, but none of this could have happened without the commitment of the two senior leaders.

I am not going to put a timeline on it, whether that's two months, six months, we are committed to moving forward in an expeditious moment to see if we can achieve what both leaders set out to do.

We hope that we will have an ongoing process of making progress. by Mike Pompeo

We hope that we will have an ongoing process of making progress.

Wholly separate from if they spin a couple of extra centrifuges, if they began to move to a weapons program, this is something the entire world would find unacceptable and we'd end up down a path that I don't think is in the best interests of Iran.

Since 1975, The United States has accepted more than 3.3 million refugees for permanent resettlement - more than any other country in the world.

As President Ghani emphasized in his statement to the Afghan people, peace talks by necessity would include a discussion of the role of international actors and forces, the United States is prepared to support, facilitate, and participate in these discussions.

There's a lot of work between here and there, my team is already doing it. I'll likely travel back before too terribly long.

It shows what North Korea could be like, there's a lot of work to make that, but President Trump is committed to delivering on that part of the bargain as well.

The experience of Brexit -- which is ongoing -- and of the European Union, shows that it is difficult to recover economic independence once it's relinquished, it also shows that the economic policy that centralize power diminish the free market capacity for wealth creation.

For too long, America has allowed the free trade framework to become distorted to the advantages of countries other than the United States, remember that our diplomacy puts American workers and American businesses first.