{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "Secretary Pompeo's Speech: "A Foreign Policy In Service to Our Veterans" - China, India, and North Korea", "slug": "secretary-pompeos-speech-a-foreign-policy-in-service-to-our-veterans-china-india-and-north-korea", "text": "
\"Now, those are just a few reasons why we insist on free and fair trade with rule-breakers like China. There are many others. It\u2019s also why we tackle tough trade disputes with friendly partners like India. And it\u2019s why we explain to nations like Hungary that companies that are tied to the Chinese Communist Party should not build out their 5G networks. [...]<\/p>\n
Too, President Trump is unafraid. He is unafraid to try new diplomatic tactics where the old ones were simply not getting the outcomes that America needs and deserves. You\u2019ve seen this. You\u2019ve seen this on North Korea, where we came into office and found that appeasement wasn\u2019t working, and neither did neglect. So we\u2019re maintaining pressure on the North Korean regime while keeping an outstretched hand for diplomacy. I\u2019ve now had the chance to meet with Chairman Kim on multiple occasions. Indeed, I think I\u2019ve spent more time with Chairman Kim than any other American, now surpassing Dennis Rodman. (Laughter and applause.) This is an important step towards achieving America\u2019s ultimate objective, the denuclearization of North Korea and the safety of countries in the region and all around the world. [...] <\/p>\n
President Trump\u2019s Singapore summit with Chairman Kim produced the single largest return of remains from North Korea in history: 55 boxes filled with honor and with sacrifice. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
I remember sitting in the room negotiating with my counterpart. He\u2019s a former senior North Korean general, and I remember talking to him. And I think he was perplexed that we put this as the first among the items we wanted to talk about. Every one of you understands why we put that first and why we\u2019ll continue to work on this. And we will not stop working on this until every one of our fallen heroes and their remains have been returned to the United States of America. (Applause.)<\/p>\n
I\u2019m immensely proud too that we\u2019ve gotten dozens of Americans who were held hostage overseas back, back to their families, back to America, and we did so without paying a single penny in ransom. (Applause.) In just about two and a half years, that\u2019s more than any other administration in modern history.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had a chance to be part of that too. As CIA Director, I vividly recall coordinating the rescue of an American woman and her family who were being held by terrorists in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
And then too, I had the glory of flying back from North Korea, flying back and bringing home three Americans who had been held there wrongfully. It was quite an amazing thing. It was 2:30 in morning. We arrived in Washington, D.C. President Trump and Melania and all the senior leaders were there from America, and the TVs \u2013 although it was 2:30 in the morning, every eye was riveted. It\u2019s how much we care as Americans about getting our compatriots home. It\u2019s how much President Trump and the administration cares about bringing these same people home. (Applause.)\"<\/p>", "quote": null, "citation": "