is no higher diplomatic task for the State Department team than solving this decades-in-the-making threat to our nation when discussing North Korea. (33) President Donald J. Trump outlined his belief that Kim Jong-un is being forthright in his desire to agree to a nuclear deal with the United States, when he said, Chairman Kim and I just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to complete de­nu­cle­ar­i­za­tion of the Korean Peninsula. . (34) The United States requires a comprehensive diplomatic strategy that outlines the fundamental principles, actions, and verification and compliance mechanisms necessary to properly engage the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. 4. Statements of policy (a) In general It is the policy of the United States— (1) to pursue all credible diplomatic means to achieve the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of North Korean nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs