Sen. Cardin: Meeting Between Kim Jong-un and Trump Could Be Positive If Properly Prepared

‘I’m hoping that we can get diplomatic actions started to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and this crisis’

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BLITZER: "What is your reaction to hearing that Mike Pompeo, the outgoing CIA director and the nominee for the next secretary of state secretly went to Pyongyang in North Korea and sat down and met with Kim Jong-un?"
CARDIN: "I'm hoping that we can get diplomatic actions started to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and this crisis. I think the conversations that have taken place between north Korea and South Korea have been positive. I think a meeting between Kim Jong-un and President Trump could be positive. If it is properly prepared. Having a high level cabinet official meet with Kim Jong-un in advance of that meeting has a very positive impact on trying to make diplomacy to work. So it is controversial because he's also a nominee for secretary of state. And normally we don't expect a nominee to act as if he has a confirmed position but in Mr. Pompeo's case he is a confirmed cabinet official in the trump Administration."

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