{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "Secretary Pompeo's Interview With Laura Ingraham of Fox News - North Korea", "slug": "secretary-pompeos-interview-with-laura-ingraham-of-fox-news-north-korea", "text": "
\"QUESTION:<\/strong> There was concern from the foreign policy elites, Mr. Secretary, early on and expressed throughout this administration that, oh, the Trump team kind of bumbles through these events; they go out and promise a lot but then the deliverables aren\u2019t there. Of course, they cite North Korea \u2013 North Korea is not denuclearizing at a pace that maybe we thought they would, and so forth. But what\u2019s the real status with our relationship with Europe and our relationship with the North Korean leadership given how things have transpired?<\/p>\n SECRETARY POMPEO:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019ll start with North Korea. We have made steady albeit slow progress, but it\u2019s always \u2013 we\u2019ve always known this was going to take some time. The South Koreans had a successful engagement \u2013 President Moon with Chairman Kim just over the last 48 hours \u2013 where we made another step, where we will get verification of an element of North Korea\u2019s program on the ground. That\u2019s a good thing. We\u2019re moving forward. The relationship between Chairman Kim and President Trump is good. I talk to my counterparts there with some frequency. It doesn\u2019t get reported. I\u2019m glad about that; I\u2019m glad we\u2019re able to keep that quiet. And so we\u2019re making the progress that we need.\"<\/p>",
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