Sees full disarmament within 2 1/2 years
- United States would like to achieve major North Korean disarmament within 2 1/2 years
- very confident United States will begin next engagement with North Koreans and the next week or so
- confident that North Korea understands there will be in debt verification of disarmament
- lots of other places where understandings were reached with North Korea that were not included in final Singapore document; will return to those when talks resume
- there is a great deal of work to do
- he will have the lead role in driving process forward with North Korea
Yesterday was a needed step in the right direction, but this will be a long and winding road.
