February 17, 2018

In a major concession, Vice President Mike Pence has announced the Trump administration is willing to talk to North Korea without preconditions. Previously, the administration insisted that before negotiations could begin, the North had to agree to honor a previous commitment to not maintain an arsenal of nuclear weapons.

At the same time, Pence said South Korean President Moon Jae-in had pledged to continue the pressure campaign against the North Koreans until, in Pence’s words, they “are actually doing something that the alliance believes represents a meaningful step toward denuclearization.”

Pence revealed his exchange of promises with Moon to Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin aboard Air Force Two on the way back from South Korea. Rogin’s column was posted Sunday.

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