Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ‘Optimistic’ Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit Will Set 'Framework' for Denuclearization

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed reporters Monday morning in Singapore to give an update on preparations for President Donald Trump's historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pompeo said he was ‘very optimistic’ that the two leaders would be able to lay the ‘framework’ of a plan to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula,” CBS News reports.

“President Trump is going into this meeting with confidence, a positive attitude, and eagerness for real progress,” Secretary Pompeo said.

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Former President Obama's ambassador to Singapore, Kirk Wagar, said today that he “supports the Trump administration's historic talks with North Korea,” Anna Giaritelli reports for the Washington Examiner. Ambassador Wagar says that the summit between President Trump and the North Korean leader is “a very good thing” and will be a “unique moment.”

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