MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told US lawmakers on Wednesday [6-27-18] that North Korea remains a nuclear threat, but defended President Donald Trump for tweeting earlier this month, ‘There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea…’ Pompeo also confirmed North Korea has yet to return the remains of any of the fallen US service members who died in the country during the Korean War, despite the President saying last week that transfers were underway. Addressing lawmakers at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Pompeo fielded dozens of questions about US diplomatic efforts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, which culminated in a leaders’ summit earlier this month between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But Pompeo played it coy when asked about specific conditions the administration has set for North Korea to achieve denuclearization and secure economic concessions.”
-Laura Koran, “Pompeo: North Korea remains a nuclear threat,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 27, 2018 5:20 pm