there can be little question that these efforts have failed to end North Korea's nuclear or missile programs, failed to reduce threat posed by North Korea to our allies, failed to alleviate the suffering of the North Korean people, and…

I do not know that there is another country in the world that is worse to its people than North Korea.

The human rights problems in North Korea include large-scale executions, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions, and sexual violence.

we should not trust the North Koreans to follow through on their commitments.

I think we need to remind China that China's constant defense of North Korean misbehavior will hurt China's own interests.

We cannot do this alone, that we have to work with China, we have to work with Japan.

we need to make sure to focus on the human rights issue.

we have not succeeded in our policies in North Korea.

to get a change in behavior in North Korea, it is going to require greater support from China.

there can be no normalization, as it relates to North Korea, until they deal with both the security issues and human rights issues.

Our policy of a denuclearized peninsula is critically important to the security of the Republic of Korea.

A denuclearized Korean Peninsula is absolutely essential, and we must do everything we can to make that a reality.

if you do not name specific countries, you are not going to get anywhere.

It is about protecting the rules-based system across Europe and around the world.

Developing achievable goals on reducing the impunity rates on the expectations of an independent judiciary, of independent prosecutors, of funding these offices, of implementing the anticorruption laws, transparency, those types of issues…

America's investment in Ukraine is about far more than protecting the choice of a single European country.

The impunity rate cannot be reduced, it is not going to make much difference these reforms.

Ukraine has a dual challenge. It has the external interference by Russia, which has affected not only its territorial integrity, but also its ability to advance a strong, independent state.

If they cannot deal with this issue, their future is not going to be very bright.

Both need to be dealt with for Ukraine to be successful.

What I got from my visits is that the people of Ukraine want a government that is honest, that gives them a fair shake, and that represents all the people.

Without that, I am afraid the stability in the country will not be there.

I think Ukraine could be a case in point of how the international community, working with the Government of Ukraine, which I think is sincere in trying to root out corruption, can address this issue.

But as you are looking at Project Aim 2020 and rebalancing, which in many cases is code for downsizing, do you have a concern that young people may not see the future of the agency and that you may not be able to recruit?

I could not agree with you more.