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Irreversible means total dismantlement of the country's nuclear energy program to prevent any future foray into nuclear weapons testing. it is not clear if the ballistic missile program would be part of the cvid. these are part of the issues that need to be worked out before a meeting between the regime and the u.s. president. and complicating things, the president insisted that the north koreans agreed to denuclearization. but they didn't agree to it. they just agreed to parts of things. we're going to be talking about that. the north is looking for denuclearization of the entire peninsula, t...

North. despite plans for diplomatic talks between president trump and kim jong un in may, christian is a former senior adviser to the trump and bush administrations, christian, first of all, good to see you, and looking forward to your perspective on all of this, first of all, let's talk about the joint military exercise, is the proper timing, the proper thing to do to carry out? >> thanks, kelly, yes, it is right, the annual exercise, major exercise of forces intended to prepare militaries for conventional defense of north korean aggression if it were to occur, it was delayed. it was delayed ...

>> obviously, there are a lot of issues. but i find it amazing that the president has been criticized over the last year for being too aggressive. many said he should be using diplomacy. now we have a situation where the president is using diplomacy, we're not removing the maximum pressure campaign. >> that itself the big difference here the sanctions are staying on. the defense posture is staying the same as it is, so the president is going to at this time ri sit down and see if he can cut a deal. >> are there concrete actions the north koreans have to take to have this meeting happen as sara...

For your candid remarks, thank you for the service to the country, sir. >> thank you, bret, what a privilege to be with you and everyone. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the rest of the forum. kelly: we have enjoyed our own bret baier who is our chief political anchor and correspondent, of course, and the anchor of special report and he was just having a very candid conversation about our defense posture and our way moving forward with national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, one of the key things that bret brought out, this is a dangerous world in which we live and he wen...

Incurred. >> president trump said you will be making purchases military equipment, what does that signal and is it a change? >> translator: i'm not entirely sure which direction your question was. but i can say one thing. when it comes to the state of our direct assets and the strategy on acquisition of this u.s. strategy assets, we have agreed to begin the consultation for korea's acquisition of such assets. that is to enhance korea's defense capabilities and also the combined defense posture of korea and the united states. i think it is essential. >> margaret, i may add to that that the pres...