i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in the dprk,o do not have any interest or any financial interest or relationship with this commercial bank that you have named in the dprk. and your clients ever had any financial relationship or done business in north korea? they have done business with north korean entities previously before these un sanctions came into force. but that was previously. after the sanctions came into force, they reduced their involvement, but this all formed pa rt involvement, but this all formed part of the investigations that are ongoing. many of these transactions according to the report appeared to have used singapore's financial system. the monetary authority told the bbc it is working closely with the bbc it is working closely with the un in these cases. in a statement, it specifically warned that banks need to be aware of the increasing use of multi— jurisdiction orfront increasing use of multi— jurisdiction or front companies, shell companies, joint ventures and complex or opaque ownership structures. singa

first, working with allies, we exceed the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign with the announcement on my first trip to the region that patience was over and dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world with every embassy and mission raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i have had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy as the tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally, equipped our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment attracted the commitment of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole level of certainty for how to prepare for the peace talks and achieve the final objectives. in other areas while progress has been made, much work remains. in syria, we did ac

news, central issues like russia, iran, dprk. sanctions are much used, much talked about, and often misunderstood. given the importance of sanctions, symbolic and substantive, the atlantic council has established a new sanctions program which aims to bring together key stakeholders from the administration, congress, policy communities, it and businesses to improve the sanctions tool. i would like to thank the , press water cooper, david mentzer, and some of our partners in the sanctions program. many thanks. i would also like to thank georgetown university's institute of economic law which has been a partner for this event. council sanctions team includes some of the best in the business. professionals with hands-on experience in designing actions programs. andrans of treasury, state, regional experts. all part of the team here which aims to provide the best analysis on sanctions available. i have been working with the global business program at the atlantic council so we're pleased to launch today's event and this program. we ha

of dprk in a very open and fruitful discussion.since she was shot there by islamist militants. a helicopter carrying ms yousafzai landed not far from herfamily home in mingora amid a tight security operation. the nobel peace prize winner was attacked by the taliban in 2012, for campaigning on behalf of girls‘ education. mining students from around the world are being put through their paces in cornwall this weekend, in a challenge designed to test their strength and technique. competition is fierce at the international mining games, which are an opportunity for students to learn traditional methods and share new skills. dan johnson has been for a look around. go, go, go. it is the toughest test in a difficult, dirty business. the mining games is all about teamwork, skill and strength. come on! getting stuck in, definitely. hard graft, you have to be willing to get dirty, get involved, make sure you do all the hard work before you can climb the ladder. there are seven different events — everything from laying tracks, panning for gol

i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in dprk, northnancial interests or relationship with these commercial banks that you have named in the dprk. have your clients ever had any financial relationship or done business in north korea? well, they have done business with north korean entities previously before these un sanctions came in to force. but that was previously, and after the un sanctions have come into force, and i think they have reduced their involvement and these things take a bit of time, but these all form part of the investigations that are ongoing, so it would be very difficult for me to comment further on this. many of these transactions, according to the report, appear to have used singapore‘s financial system. the monetary authority of singapore told the bbc it‘s working closely with the un on these cases. in a statement, it specifically warned that banks need to be aware of the: increasing use of multi—jurisdictional front companies, shell companies, joint ventures and complex or opaque ownership structures. singapore

i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in dprk, northlso do not have any interest or any financial interests or relationship with these commercial banks that you have named in the dprk. have your clients ever had any financial relationship or done business in north korea? well, they have done business with north korean entities previously before these un sanctions came in to force. but that was previously, and after the un sanctions have come into force, and i think they have reduced their involvement and these things take a bit of time, but these all form part of the investigation that are ongoing, so it would be very difficult for me to comment further on this. many of these transactions, according to the report, appear to have used singapore's financial system. the monetary authority of singapore told the bbc it's working closely with the un on these cases. in a statement, it specifically warned that banks need to be aware of the increasing use of multi—jurisdictional front companies, shell companies, joint ventures and complex or opa

the national olympic committee of dprk, they announced that they will definitely participate in the olympics fully supported by the supreme leader of dprk in a very open and fruitful discussion i had with him yesterday. malala yousafzai has returned to her hometown in pakistan for the first time since she was shot there by islamist militants. a helicopter carrying ms yousafzai landed not far from herfamily home in mingora amid a tight security operation. the nobel peace prize winner was attacked by the taliban in 2012, for campaigning on behalf of girls‘ education. away from the far north and west of the uk, some places did say disappointing and cool, damp weather across the eastern side of the country, that will continue overnight, gradually easing, wintriness over the high ground, but further north and west, a cold and frosty end to the night here. but it does mean we start the day on a dry node for most, cold and frosty, lots of sunshine around. through the day, the cloud will build up at times, a few heavy showers across eastern counties of england, and then across the south—west, wet a

i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in dprk, northrests or relationship with these commercial banks that you have named in the dprk. have your clients ever had any financial relationship or done business in north korea? well, they have done business with north korean entities previously before these un sanctions came in to force. but that was previously, and after the un sanctions have come into force, and i think they have reduced their involvement and these things take a bit of time, but these all form part of the investigations that are ongoing, so it would be very difficult for me to comment further on this. many of these transactions, according to the report, appear to have used singapore's financial system. the monetary authority of singapore told the bbc it's working closely with the un on these cases. in a statement, it specifically warned that banks need to be aware of the increasing use of multi—jurisdictional front companies, shell companies, joint ventures and complex or opaque ownership structures. singapore has a reputat

the national olympic committee of dprk, they announced that they will definitely participate in the olympic supported by the supreme leader of dprk in a very open and fruitful discussion i had with him yesterday. mining students from around the world are being put through their paces in cornwall this weekend, in a challenge designed to test their strength and technique in some of the oldest skills in mining. competition is fierce at the international mining games, which are an opportunity for students to learn traditional methods whilst also sharing new skills. dan johnson has been for a look around. go, go, go. it is the toughest test in a difficult, dirty business. the mining games is all about teamwork, skill, and strength. come on! getting stuck in, definitely. hard graft, you have to be willing to get dirty, get involved, make sure you do all the hard work before you can climb the ladder. there are seven different events — everything from laying tracks, panning for gold, digging and hammering. it is about keeping traditional mining skills alive. drill a hole fill of explosives to blast

first, working with allies, we exceed the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign with the announcement on my first trip to the region that pasheance was over and dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world with raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i have had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. e adoption of the south asia strategy as the tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally equip our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this commitment attracted the commitment of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole level of certainty for how to prepare with the peace talks and achieve the final objectives. in other areas while progress has been made, much work remains. in syria, we did achieve important cease fires and stabilization

that would be a great help if dprk can come on board or in some way change its posture. who knows where that will lead in. but in a more positive direction. in terms of education, there's no question. education on testing on the history of testing, on the consequences of testing, it's a win/win. it's not -- i mean we continue to do it. it's not an emphasis right now. but i fully support that. it is sporpt we've learned a lot. phil can talk about this too for eloquently than i. the stockpile skew wardship program and how effective it has been. we don't need to test right now. the comprehensive test ban organization, which is the precursor to the test ban coming into effect, we've made huge progress, the organization made huge progress since -- in the last decade and 20 years. and building out this network of international monitoring stations to monitor nuclear testing. this is something that we've supported across administrations. and the state department is fully funding the ims, the stations there and we have the funding for it in 2018 and we look forward to working wit

first, working with allies, we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. with the announcement on my first trip as secretary of state to the region, the strategy of patients was overcome and we've increased the scope and effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world with the administration raising this to the highest levels, and at every meeting i have had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy with a conditions-based military plan to compel the telegram -- the telegram to start peace talks with the afghan government. we equipped our military planners with a strategy they opposed to as succession of 16 one-your strategies. this military commitment attracted the support of allies abroad and equipped our diplomats with certainty about how to prepare for the peace talks and achieve a final objective. in other areas where progress has been made, work remains. in syria, we achieved cease-fir

dprk wills settled, not a post discussing an adjustment to the rule of u.s. presence in south korea. this is something that was discussed in for party talks in the late 90's, and kim jong-un that we can tolerate the presence of u.s. military in south korea as long as they are to invade us. presencele of u.s. should be shifted from invasion to peacekeeping, and also for regional balance and power initiated by the u.s., which all right responded upon -- which albright responded upon. it is not expected to resolve but, they cane -- set the tone for a negotiated solution. they can agree on a general roadmap towards denuclearization. through this path of negotiation before. therefore, we should do better this time. be -- we should be mindful of the big changing game, that is today's north korea has a considerably advanced nuclear and missile bombs and icbms. warned that the icbm will complete a capability within a few months. pompeo's prediction of his timeline of the three months is passing, the north has not -- what is important the north has not conducted a new

this commitment was fully supported by the supreme leader of dprk in a very open and fall discussionin the swat valley in pakistan for the first time since she was shot there by islamist militants. a helicopter carrying ms yousafzai landed not far from herfamily home in mingora amid a tight security operation. the nobel peace prize winner was attacked by the taliban in 2012, for campaigning on behalf of girls‘ education. for c is|paigning on behalf for c is thejning on behalf for c is the end | on behalf let's ta ke for c is the end | on behalf let's take a look at the weather. with the local awaiting let's take a look at the weather. wit scene, cal awaiting was never going to be the scene, it was never going to be a sparkling weekend. a lot of cloud for many but some are getting away with a dry respect and that times, the sun has come through as well. there is better than average chance of seeing some sunshine to finish off the across northern and western parts of the richard giles as the cloud tends to come towards the eastern side. —— western parts of the british isles. underneath

the news, central to top grade issues like russia, iran, dprk. sanctions are much-used, much-talked about and often misunderstood and given the importance of sanctions, both symbolic and substantive, the atlantic council has established a new sanctions program which aims to bring together key stakeholders were the administration, congress, policy, communities, businesses to improve the sanctions tool, develop best practices, address misunderstandings and cliches and avoid pitfalls. i'd like to thank the sponsors, hog hogan lowell, price waterhouse cooper, david metsner and many thanks to you and institute of economic law which has been a partner for this event. the atlantic council sanctions team includes some of the best in the business, professionals with hands-on experience in designing sanctions programs, veterans of treasury, state, and experts, brian o'toole, keller, michael greenwald and others are part of the team here which aims to provide the best analysis and recommendations on sanctions available. i've been working with bart and the a

first working with allies, we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. with the announcement oy very first trip as secrery of state to the region that the arab strategic patience was over and we commence the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world, with every embassy and mission raising this to the highest levels, and at every meeting i've had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy with the conditions of base military plan is the tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally equipped our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment attracted the suppo of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks and

you have the united arab emirates that have imported missiles from the dprk at least twice. then you have the houthis which may be able to at least fabricate kits or disassembled iranian missiles or have internal capability. that's a little wishy-washy to me. that's just on the ballistic side. on the other side, on sort of the cruise missile cousin, the air-breathing cousins, you have seen a rapid proliferation, particularly of anti-ship cruise missiles, their use in yemen today, their use in 2006 by hezbollah against israeli forces, their use by iraqi forces against the united states in 2003 and acquisitions of more and more capable systems by ostensible american allies with the purchase of european made storm shadow for air launch systems. so my point is that while we in the u.s. rightly because of the history of shenanigans with the nuclear weapons program in iran, are focus order ted on the iran ballistic missile program, it should not be separated from what i think is a rather obvious missile proliferation race in the middle east. so if you want, as the trump administra

. >> i'm not going to waste any of our time responding to what the representative of the dprk said, butour attention to that empty chair. that is the second time in three months that the representative of the dprk having asked to participate in our meetings has rejected a unanimous resolution of the security council and walked out of this chamber. it is the contemporary equivalent of pounding your shoe on the desk of the general assembly. eric: john bolton. >> he reminds me of -- you know, i think he takes no -- he's perfect for this. this is what trump needs. he's gentlemanly but calls it like he sees it. i love that. >> rebeck can grant -- rebecca grant, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> she called him a hawk and a gentleman. there's a movie in that. >>> many parts of the country are in the icy grip of winter. right now millions of people are in the path of a major storm. we will have the forecast for you in the fox extreme weather center. stick around for that one. ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... me. my sy

first working with allies we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. would the announcement on my very first trip as secretary of state to the region that the air of strategic patience was over and we convinced the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i've had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. military plan is the tool to the taliban with reconciliation and peaceful talks with the afghan government. a strategy which they did execute as opposed to 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment attracted the support of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks and achieve the final objectives. in other areas where progress remains, much work remains. in syria, cease fires and stabilizations which we now know have sav

the conservative chorus claims the dprks oj and fbi can't investigate themselves and the doj inspector general is going to take too long to review too few people to do nothing. two things here. one, let the ig finish his job and then we can assess if the ag needs to pull the trigger on another special counsel. and two, jeff sessions is obviously lost control of his department in the face of this president and he should resign since he's obviously incompetent and in way over his head. those are better places to start. starting a second round of a frustrating process that would obviously exist just to score political points. when truth and ju justice are compromised. we all lose. let's get into the show. i'm kennedy. kennedy: well, let's face it. a a lot of americans are tired of the current special counsel and what could we possibly gain from a sequel except for bills and fewer answers. joining me now, cohost of the five, kimberly gill foi foil whs also a prosecutor and worked for the lada. >> the los angeles district attorney's office in san francisco. kennedy: let's talk about this. i

first working allies, we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. with the announcement my very first trip as secretary of state to the region that the era of strategic patience was over and we increased the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world with raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i've had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy with the conditions based military plan is the tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally equip our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment attracted support of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks and achieve the final objectives. in

dprk is their acroinism for their country, we call them north korea. maximum pressure campaign, which was a very different attitude than what the obama administration had done and also the bush administration. strategic patience, waiting them out, and instead going after them with much tougher sanctions than we had ever seen before and you could argue, where we are today with north korea is because of that. >> is a result of some of the pressure that has been applied and a different rhetoric not merely the squeezing of sanctions and the tightening of sanctions. but a rhetorical stance that is -- i mean, there president is a counterpuncher, if nothing else when you punch at him, he punches back >> this was clearly tillerson punching back a little bit at president donald trump and doing its, as you previewed, in a fairly classy way. he didn't go directly after him. he didn't bring up the moron comments, but the failure to drank them directly was one piece. another piece, he brought up russia, talked about the need to get tougher on russia and what the st

first working with allies we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world. with every embassy and mission raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i have had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy with the conditions of base military plan is a tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally equipped our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment attracted the support of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks and achieve the final objectives. in other areas while progress has been made much work remains. in syria we did aimportant cease-fires and stabilizations which we know saved thousands of lives. there is more to be done in syria, particularly with respect to achieving the pea

first, working with allies we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. with the announcement on my very first trip as secretary of state to the region that the era of strategic patience was over and we commenced the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world with every embassy and mission raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i've had throughout the year, this has been on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy, the tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally equipped our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment attracted the support of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks and achieve the final objectives. in other

we are closely linked with our ally, the republic of korea on the rok-dprk summit in april and look forward to north korea taking real action towards denuclearization. until then the meeting will continue. create the atmosphere for the upcoming summit which would be the third as we pointed out of the two koreas sense the end of the sine war. china being the primary benefactor for the north, those two countries obviously share a border and instability in pyongyang would be, well, a real problem for beijing first and foremost. now, on capitol hill, lawmakers are crediting the trump administration's approach for change in the tone by the north. >> i met with the president today. he doesn't want a war. is he hoping this can result in ending the north korean nuclear threat, stabilizing that part of the world. i think he is ready to go big. if you told me a year ago that north korean leader would be meeting with president trump potentially the russians and the japanese i wouldn't have believed it and hats off to president trump and his team for making this a reality. maximum pressure has worked.

not being content with it, it insists it will have dialogue only for making the dprk amanned on nuclear weapons until complete denuclearization is realized, that is really more than ridiculous. the north korean foreign ministry not thrilled about the president's stance. cnn has reached out to the white house multiple times to get clarity on president's marks and there's any progress made to an actual moment of meeting. they have yet to respond though. >> boris, at the white house. thank you. so president trump says north korea called up, would like to talk with the u.s. but that the rogue nation would have to denuke first. the president adding he won't rule out direct talks with north korea's reclusive leader kim jong-un. north korea's response as boris pointed out, trump's preconditions for talks are quote, preposterous. let's talk it over with atlantic council mets zs el and balbina wong. does it look like talks with north korea are going to happen? >> there are some talks with north korea because they are just starting now between south korea and north korea. and it's likely that the

fuel, are less likely to realize that it is actually the democratic people's republic of korea, the dprk north korea officially. >> how much money is north korea able to get through a variety of evasive techniques? >> well, our latest report covers the whole of 2017. we were able to calculate that roundabout, approximately, north korea received about $200 million in foreign currency revenue from the sale of banned commodities, such as coal and iron ore. >> what about chemicals, what have you discovered about any connection between chemical weapons in syria and north ko a korea? >> when we asked the syrian government about what the north koreans were doing in syria, the north koreans who are banned completely, and the entire u.n. security council agrees they're working for komed, the syrians told us that the only north koreans in syria were there to conduct sporting activities. we asked again, we asked the syrian government for the names and passport numbers and contracts for all these north koreans and their sporting activities in syria at this time of war. that was more than five months

giving the north koreans, the dprk, an equal stage is a hard thing to contemplate. they are also exporting some of the ingredients to help the syrians use chemical weapons on their own people. >> good point. >> this is a distardly regime to meet with. >> cory gardner talked about the diplomatic risks involved when he was on "morning joe" this morning. let's listen. >> if the result of this meeting is not verifiable, concrete steps to denuclearization, it'll be a failure, and the president will be under tremendous pressure because the new red line has been set to act. a meeting with the president of the united states doesn't achieve this result, what is left of diplomacy? >> this is interesting. tillerson talks about this as being talks about talks. we've seen this with nixon and reagan, where the president goes to break the logjam and then lots of things happen thereafter. you're wondering whether this is backwards. should there be talks that lead up to the two leaders of the country meeting, opposed to the two leaders meeting and then talks happening? >> that's rig

not being content with it, insisting it will have dialogue only from making the dprk abandon nuclear weapons and persist in maximum pressure until complete denuke laization. we are waiting for the white house to comment what president meant by his comments about "we'll be meeting." >> boris sanchez at the white house for us. thanks for that. china is a big topic for president trump for a number of reasons. lets take about how president trump is reacting to a bold move by china's president. to end his office's term limits. something president trump praised. at a weekend fun raiser. listen. >> she is a great gentleman. now president for life. no, he is great. and look, he was able to do that p i think it's great. maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day. >> so keep in mind, that same republican crowd would not have been allowed to criticize democrats. even former president obama if they lived in china right now. china is where we find cnn's will ripley in tchina. >> we are inside tiananmen square. china's dictator, who oversaw the cultural revolution during which reportedly millio

. >> it is a fact that america's policy towards dprk is a preventive strike is an option.lamic republic of iran a strike is an option. to say that out loud is not an offense to god and nature. it's a fact. >> it's frightening. >> i like what shelby is saying. when you look at the history of trump as a candidate and president, you see folks around him and tempted to discern ideology. three weeks later, a completely different set of people are around him. up next, these three will tell me something i don't know. you're watching "hardball." hey dad, come meet the new guy. the new guy? what new guy? i hired some help. he really knows his wine. this is the new guy? (dog growling) hello, my name is watson. you know wine, huh? i know that you should check vineyard block 12. block 12? (bark) my analysis of satellite imagery shows it would benefit from decreased irrigation. i was wondering about that. (barking) easy boy. nice doggy. what do you think? not bad. (dog growling) you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst sy

china hasn't confirmed who was visiting from the dprk.e are, you know, we're not familiar with who was actually there, but we look forward to hearing about it and we'll leave it for the chinese to announce who was visiting. >> so you haven't heard yet from the chinese about this visit? >> we have not had any discussions with the chinese about this visit. >> so the state department could not confirm the suspected visit. if it did happen, talk about the significance about this. why this would matter. the north koreans and the chinese getting together. obviously, the chinese have real concerns about the korean peninsula. >> they do, indeed, peter. this is really about china protecting their interests. what they want is a divided peninsula. they want kim jong-un's regime to survive and want to avoid a war on the peninsula. because that would lead to massive waves of refugees pour into china. they have every reason to want to have a reasonable dialogue with north korea. north korea, on the other hand, would like to involve china because they s

not content with it, it insists dialogue for making the dprk abandon nuclear weapons and persist in maximum pressure until complete denuclearization is realized. that's more than ridiculous. the north koreans saying they would be ridiculous to have any sort of preconditions, specifically when it comes to denuclearization in order to silt down with the u.s. government. we've asked the white house for clarify on the president's remarks because it's led to a lot of questions. yet to respond yet, ana. >> boris, quickly, we are expected to get more details this week about the tariffs announced last week. the president tweeted about it, what's he saying? >> reporter: tweeted multiple times this weekend about these tariffs. 25% on imported steel, 10% on imported aluminum. the top trade advisor for the president was on cnn earlier today saying we could see the tariffs enacted before the end of the week, and the president tweeted just about an hour ago writing, quote, we're on the losing side of almost all trade deals, our friends and enemies have taken evening of the u.s. for many years. our steel

. >> working with allies, we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressurecement on my very first trip as secretary of state to the region that the era of strategic patience was over, and we commenced the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope, but the effectiveness of the sanctions. >> okay. back with our panel now for more on rexit, the departure of rex tillerson from the state department. tillerson is out. no surprise there. i guess the questions are about mike pompeo, the person taking his place. this is man donald trump says is on his wavelength, that pompeo supports trump issues like the iran nuclear deal. the question a lot of people have, is pompeo the kind of guy who is liked by the president because he says what the president wants to hear? >> i believe so. if you look at all the people who have been fired or resigned because they knew they were going to be fired, most have disagreed with the president. >> especially on russia. >> especially on russia. and i think that particularly with tillerson, he was very clear on many of his positio

side is the data exchanges and the technical cooperation between the dprk and the iranians and we see some external proof of this, if you can look at the hwasong 14 which is one of the space launch vehicles and within the u.s. treasury designations, the linkage is about the 80-ton rocket engine, and the 80-ton engine where there could be cross -- >> i would like to challenge. yeah. sure. i know there's disagreement in the community about this. i think the point that there is disagreement in the community about this suggests that we don't really know how technically capable they are, and we are looking from the outside in, but when you look at intent. it looks like the iranians threw in this testing or push toward longer-range systems have chosen not to for this period, and i think that choice is ultimately reflective of government policy so you don't always have this push to go longer and longer even though you probably have a technical capacity to do so, and about the idea of a framework for a bilateral -- that sounds like a good idea to me. i mean, within the overarching framework o

first, working with allies, we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the dprk maximum pressure campaign. with the announcement on my very first trip as secretary of state to the region, that the era of strategic patience was over, and we commenced the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope, but the effectiveness of the sanctions. the department undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies onboard in every country around the world, with every mission raising this to the highest levels and every meeting i've had throughout the year, this has opinibeen on the agenda to discuss. the adoption of the south asia strategy, with the conditions of military plan is a tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government. finally equipped our military planners with a strategy which they can execute, as opposed to a succession of 16 one-year strategies. this clear military commitment tracted the support of allies broadly, and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks and achie

. >> senator, on the last question first, deeply disturbing and we're very concerned about dprk's intent and past behavior in transferring technologies and selling technologies. the s 14 n, if confirmed the office i'd be responsible for would be doing its very best to monitor the activities. it's best when it comes to nuclear materials but also other supporting technologies that might be used. going back to your first question. we have a very robust engagement interagency amongst the different parties, especially nsa plays a very critical role equipping special forces in other departments with the latest technologies. although it's not directly -- it would not be part of my office, at nsa, there is an office called counter-terrorism office and does a good job of coordinating sharing experiences and numerous exercises to undertake to make sure the responders are adequately trained. yes, we could improve and yes, we need more support. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator peters. >> thank you, mr. schairm thank you to our witnesses being here today and willingness to serve in these import