William R. Richardson: “So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do.”

I would say to this administration, for instance, they are obsessed with having South Korea pay more for the military relationship that we have.

The impasse is that what we're saying the North Koreans, 'Look, we're ready to talk to you but you've got to take some concrete steps towards denuclearization. Stop sending those missiles out. Stop detonating nuclear weapons. Behave…

We absolutely need them to keep enforcing sanctions or the pressure on North Korea will deteriorate.

this was a concession in the first summit that we got nothing in return. So we should not concede that one again.