ladies and gentlemen, suzanne dimaggio. [applause] suzanne: good evening, everyone.i am so happy to be here. as we saw at the historic inter-korean summit, kim jong-un told south korea's president, moon jae-in, that he was ready to give up his nuclear weapons in exchange for the united states ending the korean war formally. and promising not to invade their country. the two leaders signed a joint declaration that called for a nuclear-free korean peninsula. and complete denuclearization. that was their common goal. diplomacy iso a homeles in most welcome, especially when you consider we were on the verge of war with north korea. we have seen similar language in previous agreements and previous failed attempts, but that should not stop us from pursuing what i think is the biggest opportunity for diplomacy with north korea in almost 20 years. i understand the skepticism. in fact, i share it. but we should not let the past failures get in the way of us trying again. so when considering this evening's motion, i think there are three key questions we should explore. the fi

take it to suzanne dimaggio. in the past, when the north koreans have talked about denuclearization, this is exactly what they meant. reciprocal. they are not saying that now, because they know it is an on target. that's another signal that this could be serious, and another signal why we should take the risk of engaging with them. it's a small risk. and try to get what we can out of it. the fact that they are stepping back from demanding we remove our troops, stepping back am saying we have to be derived, too. to these things -- denuclearize, too. i would be the first to say they are not serious. but cut this off right now. they are not saying that. they are actually saying the opposite. that has never been an issue with the u.s. getting rid of its nuclear weapons. that's probably not going to happen anytime soon, and that's part of a bigger argument that is part of the nonproliferation treaty itself. talking about things on the table, kim jong-un did say weapons are not targeting south korea. in the u.s. very i

[applause] >> thank you, suzanne dimaggio. motions to denuclearize north korea, that is su mi terry at the center for strategic and international studies ladies and gentlemen, su mi terry. [applause] >> as a child growing up in south korea come in as an adult who spent almost all of my career following the north korean issues, i have to say when i saw the north korean leader, kim jong-un from actually step foot in south korea it was a moving moment. i got a little bit emotional. it was moving hi, it was moments and historic. i am happy that we are now on this path of trying to sort something out particularly since several months ago i had sleepless nights because of the talk of preventive military strikes that have had catastrophic consequences not only for the korean peninsula but for the world. that said, ladies and gentlemen can attend the negotiations lead to denuclearization is complete irreversible, verifiable, i do not think so. i think the negotiations will lead to another agreement with north korea, sure. there's alwa