Daniel R. Russel: “Our alliances with the Republic of Korea and with Japan contribute significantly to regional security, stability, and…”

We entirely agree. And I think that as frustrated and unhappy as all of us are at North Korea's ability to continue to develop its missile and its nuclear programs, the scorecard of the administration shows very significant successes in…

We will make an assessment based on the facts and we will calibrate our response to the elections based on our assessment of how credible, how transparent, how inclusive, how free and fair we think it was.

We have no better allies or partners than Japan and the Republic of Korea.

The President was able to point out that the United States will not compromise with our security or with the security of our allies.