antics, no missile tests before north korea can sit down at the table. ultimately, denuclearization and the end of the nuclear weapons program is the goal and i don't think anybody expects that program to be dead and buried before there would be negotiations because that's what the negotiations would be about. >> right. >> he also addressed at the end of this opinion piece the dysfunction if you will within the state department, all of those very public departures that we have seen. what did you make of that? >> well, look. when the secretary came into the state department he wanted to have a reorganization, re-design of the state department. the state department hasn't had a reform in 70 years. i think the way he went about it rubbed people the wrong way. there's morale that's poor at the state department and you have seen a lot of long-time diplomats leaving. i don't think there's a mass exodus as some reports have suggested but clearly morale is