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Summit set, detainees free; Trump sees N. Korea ‘big success’

By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN on Twitter. He told his rally visit to North Korea.
and MATTHEW LEE crowd, “I think it’s going to They appeared tired but
Associated Press be a very big success.” in excellent spirits, flashing
WASHINGTON (AP) — En- Kim has suspended nuclear peace signs and waving
visioning “a very special and missile tests and put their arms as they emerged
moment for world peace,” his nuclear program up for from the aircraft.
President Donald Trump negotiation, but questions One said through a transla-
announced Thursday he remain about how serious tor,
will meet North Korea’s Kim his offer is and what disar- “It’s like a dream; we are
Jong Un for highly antici- mament steps he would be very, very happy.” They
pated summit talks in Sin- willing to take. The White later gave the president a
gapore on June 12. He set House has said withdrawal round of applause.
the stage for his announce- of thousands of U.S. troops Pence said Pompeo had
ment by hosting a 3 a.m., from South Korea is “not on told him that at a refueling
made-for-TV welcome the table.” stop in Anchorage, “one of
home for three Americans Long before dawn Thurs- the detainees asked to go
held by Kim’s government. day, with the former de- outside the plane because
“We welcomed them back tainees by his side on the he hadn’t seen daylight in
home the proper way,” air base tarmac, Trump a very long time.” The men
Trump told supporters at a said it was a “great honor” were taken to Walter Reed
campaign rally in Indiana to welcome them back to National Military Medical President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State
Thursday evening. the U.S. but “the true honor Center for evaluation be- Mike Pompeo, back, shakes hands with former North Korean
Final details in place, Trump is going to be if we have a fore being reunited with detainees Kim Dong Chul, with Kim Hak Song, upon their arrival,
Thursday, May 10, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
and Kim agreed to the first victory in getting rid of nu- their families.q Associated Press
face-to-face North Korea- clear weapons.”
U.S. summit since the end The ceremony, which also
of the 1950-53 Korean featured a giant American
War. It’s the most conse- flag suspended between
quential and perhaps riski- the ladders of two fire-
est foreign policy effort so trucks, emphasized Trump’s
far in Trump’s presidency penchant for the dramatic
as North Korea’s nuclear as he raised expectations
program approaches a for the summit.
treacherous milestone — And it underscored how
the capacity to strike the closely the fate of his for-
continental U.S. with a ther- eign policy agenda is be-
monuclear warhead. ing tied to the North Kore-
Trump says the U.S. is aim- an negotiations.
ing for “denuclearization” He had wanted to hold
of the entire Korean penin- the summit in the demili-
sula, but he has yet to fill in tarized zone between the
just what steps that might two Koreas but yielded to
include and what the tim- the concerns of officials
ing would be. who thought a DMZ meet-
“We’re starting off on a ing would focus attention
new footing,” Trump said on relations between the
of himself and Kim as he North and South rather
welcomed the detainees than the nuclear question.
in a floodlit ceremony at Vice President Mike Pence,
Joint Base Andrews out- Secretary of State Mike
side Washington. He hailed Pompeo, other top offi-
their release as a potential cials and first lady Melania
breakthrough in relations joined the president for the
between the longtime ad- air base celebration.
versary nations. The former detainees —
He and Kim “will both try Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak
to make it a very special Song and Tony Kim — had
moment for World Peace!” been released Wednesday
he said of the summit later at the end of Pompeo’s