John Kerry actually said...

"Above all, it means making clear to our allies that we will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and that we remain committed to our goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."

"We appeal to North Korean authorities on humanitarian grounds to release these two women and return them to their families."

"We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state."

"But if he has a fundamentally new relationship with us, Japan and South Korea, that's a different story."