U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo says Trump preparing for productive N. Korea summit
- 6 years ago
We begin this morning at the big Senate confirmation hearing in Washington.
President Trump's pick for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told a room-full of U.S. senators that Trump is preparing for a summit in May with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, to discuss the regime's nuclear weapons program.
Pompeo, who still serves as CIA director while his awaits confirmation,... said "no one is under any illusions" that the summit will achieve a comprehensive agreement on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,... but he's optimistic it can (quote) "set us down the course to achieve a diplomatic outcome that America and the world so desperately need."
Pompeo, who is considered hawkish on U.S. national security,... also said he won't push for regime change in North Korea.
President Trump's pick for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told a room-full of U.S. senators that Trump is preparing for a summit in May with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, to discuss the regime's nuclear weapons program.
Pompeo, who still serves as CIA director while his awaits confirmation,... said "no one is under any illusions" that the summit will achieve a comprehensive agreement on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,... but he's optimistic it can (quote) "set us down the course to achieve a diplomatic outcome that America and the world so desperately need."
Pompeo, who is considered hawkish on U.S. national security,... also said he won't push for regime change in North Korea.