Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “The shutdown has had an enormous impact on our ability to coordinate foreign policy within the interagency framework”

Absolutely. We have been clear since the Biden administration came on board that we are prepared to have an open dialogue with the North Koreans without preconditions.

We have held the doors open for meaningful diplomacy and we remain open to dialogue, real productive dialogue without preconditions.

We're working on A.I., the private sector, the business sector is moving forward very, very quickly on A.I.

Basic humanitarian assistance should never be held hostage to political disagreements.