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00:00That clock is wrong, because I know I'm not early.
00:04Thank you for your patience, everyone.
00:06It runs on a battery.
00:09Oh, it runs on a battery.
00:10In fact, did you just have time to think that you might not
00:14have ever been a step forward?
00:15Maybe never, maybe never.
00:17Some things never change, like Matt Lee.
00:20Some things never change.
00:22All right, so everyone's here?
00:24We're all good?
00:25Hi, how are you?
00:28Do we have a seat?
00:29Great, thank you.
00:32So I've got, I do have something, an announcement
00:34I'm going to make, but then I think
00:35you've all received a statement that
00:37has been released from Secretary Rubio and the NSA Director
00:43Waltz.
00:43And I'll be reading that as well for those
00:45who are watching from home and around the world.
00:49All right, we're all good?
00:51All right, thank you again, everybody.
00:53I just want to remind you, as I walk into this room now,
00:55this is my third time walking into this room.
00:59I do so with a whole host of people behind me,
01:01literally and figuratively.
01:03And without their assistance and without the staff
01:05of this department, this briefing would not be possible.
01:09The nature of the work that happens is intensive.
01:11It is quiet.
01:14I won't say it's anonymous, because we all
01:16know who's doing the work.
01:18But these are people who work every day to analyze,
01:21to research, to design, to help move forward the agenda.
01:25And the policy of the Trump administration
01:28and the Secretary of State.
01:31And it is terrific work for the American people.
01:34So again, I want to thank everyone
01:35for making it possible for me to be standing here as well.
01:39So let's get started.
01:40Again, I have a little bit of what
01:42we call a topper here for everyone who's watching.
01:45And welcome aboard.
01:47Let's see here.
01:48All right, to begin, as Secretary Rubio made clear
01:51yesterday, Venezuela is obligated
01:54to accept its repatriated citizens from the United
01:57States.
01:58This is not an issue for debate or negotiation,
02:01nor does it merit any reward.
02:04Unless the Maduro regime accepts a consistent flow
02:06of deportation flights, without further excuses or delays,
02:10the US will impose new, severe, and escalating sanctions.
02:15As President Trump made clear in his proclamation,
02:18TDA is closely associated, closely aligned with,
02:22and indeed has infiltrated the Maduro regime.
02:26Maduro maintains close ties to regime-sponsored
02:29narco-terrorists.
02:31The Maduro regime must accept back
02:33all Venezuelan aliens deported by the United States,
02:37especially their murderers, rapists, criminals,
02:40human traffickers, and other illegally present criminals
02:45in the United States.
02:47End of discussion.
02:48We will impose new and more severe sanctions
02:50upon any failure to do so or delays.
02:54Let me be clear, the United States government
02:56will enforce the laws of the United States.
02:59We will deport illegal aliens from our country,
03:02and we will have made clear that we expect countries
03:05to accept their nationals illegally
03:07present in the United States.
03:10We thank our partners in our region and around the world
03:13who are partnering with us to stop illegal immigration
03:17and combat vicious transnational crime.
03:20These efforts help all of us
03:22by making our entire region safer and more secure.
03:25On the Russia-Ukraine conflict,
03:27President Trump spoke with President Putin yesterday.
03:30As President Trump said,
03:31it was a good and productive phone conversation.
03:34Both President Trump and President Putin
03:35agreed on the need for this conflict
03:38to end with a lasting peace.
03:41They agreed, quote,
03:42the movement to peace will begin with an energy
03:45and infrastructure ceasefire,
03:47as well as technical negotiations
03:49on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea.
03:54Full ceasefire and permanent peace.
03:57Today, President Trump spoke with President Zelensky.
04:00As President Trump said, it was, quote,
04:02a very good telephone call, with much of the discussion
04:05based on the call made yesterday with President Putin
04:09in order to align both Russia and Ukraine
04:11in terms of their requests and needs.
04:14In addition to these conversations,
04:15everybody's talking, Special Envoy Whitkoff
04:19met with Putin last week.
04:21Last weekend, Secretary Rubio
04:23spoke with Foreign Minister Lavrov.
04:25And, of course, Secretary Rubio and National Security Adviser
04:28Waltz met with the Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah.
04:32Negotiations will continue in Saudi Arabia
04:35in the coming days.
04:36On reports of Russian strikes
04:38on civilian infrastructure overnight,
04:40attacks like these are precisely
04:42why President Trump is committed to peace.
04:45It is time for the death and destruction to stop
04:48and for an end to this senseless war.
04:51As Secretary Rubio has said,
04:52there is no military solution to this war.
04:56All sides need to move to a ceasefire.
04:58President Trump has made this clear as well.
05:01We cannot get to the table for negotiations
05:04to end the war without a ceasefire in place.
05:08The shooting has to stop first.
05:11Finally, we'd like to welcome home the NASA astronauts,
05:14which Wilmore and Suni Williams,
05:17which, of course, we all watched yesterday.
05:19It was a remarkable scene with the dolphins
05:22that greeted them in the ocean,
05:23also getting their own time on television.
05:25It was a fabulous event,
05:27and it reminded us about the nature of the 21st century,
05:31the modern age, and how progress continues.
05:35Now, you also have the opening here of what I've seen,
05:40of course, over the last 24 or 48 hours.
05:43Of course, there's always something
05:44that feels like it should have been a month of news
05:47that is happening on a daily basis.
05:49But we also have a direct statement,
05:52which I'm going to read to you as well
05:54and to those who are watching from home
05:56or from their offices and from around the world,
05:58a statement from Secretary Rubio
06:02and the National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz.
06:07And this also directly addresses some issues
06:10that we're expecting to come up certainly in the next week
06:13and the nature of where things stand at this point.
06:15And so here is that statement from the Secretary of State
06:20and the National Security Advisor.
06:22Today, President Donald J.
06:23Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
06:26had a fantastic phone conversation.
06:29President Zelensky thanked President Trump
06:31for a productive start for the work of the Ukrainian
06:34and American teams in Jeddah on March 11th.
06:37The meeting of the senior officials from both nations
06:39significantly helped in moving toward ending the war.
06:43President Zelensky thanked President Trump
06:45for the support of the United States,
06:47especially the Javelin missiles
06:49that President Trump was first to provide
06:52and his efforts towards peace.
06:54The leaders agreed Ukraine and America
06:56will continue working together to bring about a real end
06:59to the war and that lasting peace
07:01under President Trump's leadership can be achieved.
07:05President Trump fully briefed President Zelensky
07:07on his conversation with Russian President Putin
07:09and the key issues discussed.
07:11They reviewed the situation in Kursk
07:13and agreed to share information closely
07:15between their defense staffs in the battlefield situation
07:18as the battlefield situation evolved.
07:21President Zelensky asked for additional air defense systems
07:24to protect his civilians,
07:25particularly Patriot missile systems.
07:28President Trump agreed to work with him
07:31to find what was available, particularly in Europe.
07:35The two leaders also agreed on a partial ceasefire
07:38against energy.
07:39The technical teams will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days
07:43to discuss broadening the ceasefire to the Black Sea
07:47on the way to a full ceasefire.
07:49They agreed this could be the first step
07:51toward the full end of the war and ensuring security.
07:54So let me just remind you here that as technical teams,
07:58it will not be principles going to those negotiations.
08:01President Zelensky was grateful
08:03for the President's leadership in this effort
08:05and reiterated his willingness to adopt a full ceasefire.
08:08President Trump also discussed Ukraine's electrical supply
08:12and nuclear power plants.
08:13He said that the United States could be very helpful
08:16in running those plants
08:18with its electricity and utility expertise.
08:21American ownership of those plants
08:22would be the best protection for that infrastructure
08:25and support for the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
08:29President Zelensky also thanked President Trump
08:31for continuing to push humanitarian concerns,
08:33including the exchange of POWs.
08:36He noted that they had just had a successful exchange
08:39and thanked the President for his leadership.
08:42President Trump also asked President Zelensky
08:44about the children who have gone missing from Ukraine
08:47during the war,
08:48including the ones that had been abducted.
08:51President Trump promised to work closely with both parties
08:54to help make sure those children were returned home.
08:57They agreed all parties must continue the effort
08:59to make a ceasefire work.
09:01The Presidents noted the positive work
09:03of their advisors and representatives,
09:05especially Secretary Rubio, National Security Advisor
09:08Waltz, Special Envoy Kellogg, and others.
09:10The Presidents instructed their teams
09:13to move ahead with the technical issues
09:15related to implementing and broadening the partial ceasefire.
09:18The Presidents instructed their advisors and representatives
09:22to carry out this work as quickly as possible.
09:24The Presidents emphasized that in further meetings,
09:27the teams can agree on all necessary aspects
09:30of advancing toward lasting peace and security.
09:35So we are closer to peace than, of course,
09:38we have been at any other point.
09:40But still, I know you might have some questions.
09:43I don't know why.
09:44And I'm here to answer those questions.
09:47Matt.
09:49The Press Thank you, Tammy.
09:50Can I just start with, since you opened with Venezuela,
09:52and this can be a very simple yes or no answer,
09:55did you get an answer to the question I asked on Monday
09:58about whether using the AEA for these deportations
10:02means that you recognize Maduro's government
10:06and that he is the –
10:08and him as the legitimate leader of Venezuela?
10:12If you did –
10:13Secretary Sebelius I do have an answer to that.
10:14The Press You do?
10:15Okay.
10:16Secretary Sebelius And the answer is no.
10:17The Press No.
10:18Okay.
10:19Secretary Sebelius The answer is no.
10:20There is – clearly, we've made it clear,
10:21and it's been obvious for quite some time,
10:23that Maduro is a dictator.
10:26It is a regime that we do not recognize.
10:30And we also understand, of course,
10:33that what we demand of him is something that has got to happen.
10:36I made that clear in my topper.
10:39The AEA proclamation is still valid, of course.
10:45That is currently being challenged in court,
10:47so I'm not going to comment on that litigation.
10:51But at the same time, it's not a regime we recognize.
10:55We don't recognize him as the president
10:58or a legitimate ruler at all.
11:01The Press Okay.
11:02Secondly, then –
11:03and again, these are going to be extremely brief.
11:04On Friday, the Secretary signed, along with Pete Hegseth
11:07and the head of the National Defense University,
11:12this order removing the head of USIP.
11:18Secretary Sebelius That's the Institute for Peace?
11:20The Press Yes.
11:21Correct.
11:22Secretary Sebelius Yes.
11:23The Press I'm just curious to know
11:24when and where the Secretary signed this.
11:26Secretary Sebelius Well, it's been signed.
11:30I don't have the details of exactly where he was.
11:32He was in many places in the 21st century.
11:34The Press I know.
11:35We were with him, both of us.
11:36Secretary Sebelius Yes.
11:37Well, but we weren't with him.
11:38We were on an airplane,
11:40and he was in the giant Secretary of State area
11:43that is away from us.
11:44He wasn't with you.
11:45The Press Well.
11:46Secretary Sebelius He wasn't – yeah.
11:47But there's plenty of ways in which Secretary can be signed.
11:50The Press Okay, well, fine.
11:52Can you assure us that it was –
11:53his signature was not done by auto pen?
11:56Secretary Sebelius I've never known him to do that.
12:00The Press Okay.
12:01Secretary Sebelius But what I can tell you
12:02is that it was signed.
12:03The Press Okay.
12:04Secretary Sebelius It was signed.
12:05Yes, sir.
12:06All right.
12:07The Press Next one is –
12:08Secretary Sebelius This is like an Atlee show.
12:09The Press Well, no, no, no.
12:10It's not trying to –
12:11Secretary Sebelius Because Daphne –
12:12The Press Yes or no question.
12:13Secretary Sebelius I was staying in the same region.
12:14The Press Yes or no answer.
12:15Do you have anything –
12:16can you tell us anything about Pete Morocco
12:17and his move from USAID?
12:18Secretary Sebelius Well, Pete Morocco
12:22is returning to the State Department
12:24full-time as the Director of Foreign Assistance,
12:27an indispensable role in aligning
12:29all U.S. government foreign assistance
12:31with the President's priorities.
12:32So he is returning to that job,
12:36and he will – you will, I'm sure,
12:38no doubt be hearing from him in a variety of different ways.
12:40The Press Okay.
12:41And then last one.
12:42Secretary Sebelius Hold on.
12:43Tammy, Tammy, Tammy.
12:44Secretary Sebelius Let's stop.
12:45No, excuse me.
12:46Three questions.
12:47Daphne.
12:48The Press The U.S. has said that it has moved
12:49beyond the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal.
12:52Has that already been agreed to and signed?
12:54Secretary Sebelius Well, I'm – what I know is –
12:57and you've noted their comment –
12:59is that at this point we're dealing
13:01with a whole host of things.
13:03That is not something that is being addressed
13:06at this moment, so I can't say what the disposition is,
13:09but I would just refer you to how they commented on it.
13:12The Press And can I just follow up
13:13on what you said about negotiations
13:14continuing in Saudi Arabia?
13:15Secretary Sebelius Yes.
13:16The Press Who will be representing
13:17the U.S. in these talks between the technical teams
13:20with Russia?
13:21Secretary Sebelius Well, it'll be senior staff.
13:22That's all I can tell you.
13:23So it will not be principals.
13:24It'll be senior staff addressing technical frameworks.
13:27And of course, the timing is important.
13:29It'll be in the coming days.
13:30So when they said it would be quickly,
13:33President Trump requested it's happening quickly,
13:36and we'll see some results of that, I think, very soon.
13:39Yes.
13:40The Press Just to follow up on that, Tammy,
13:42these technical talks, are they bilateral, trilateral?
13:45What is the format here?
13:46Are all of the parties going to be in one room?
13:48Secretary Sebelius I think that's probably –
13:51I think that's probably still being discussed or arranged,
13:54and so I can't really speak about the nature
13:57of the specifics of the arrangement.
13:59But it's enough to be able to work on,
14:02technically draw up and deal with the nature
14:04of what was agreed upon in the call
14:05between the two presidents, and there'll be people there
14:08who'll be able to do that.
14:09Yes.
14:10The Press And then on the issue
14:11of the abducted children, this was brought up
14:13in the Zelensky call according to that statement,
14:15but the administration has cut off the funding
14:17for the research into the abduction of these children,
14:20some 30,000, and there's reports that the data collected
14:23on these children could have possibly been deleted.
14:25Do you have any comment on the decision
14:27to terminate the funding and the whereabouts of the data?
14:30Secretary Sebelius Well, the funding has been cut
14:33based on the assessments that we've been making
14:35regarding a whole host of funding,
14:37if it worked within our framework
14:39of what was in America's interest.
14:41What I can tell you, though, is also that
14:45the conspiracy theory or the fear
14:48or whatever it was about data being deleted is untrue.
14:52So that is false.
14:56The data exists.
14:57It was not in the State Department's control.
15:00It was the people running that framework,
15:03but we know who is running the data and the website,
15:09and we know fully that the data exists
15:13and it's not been deleted and it's not missing.
15:15So that's the good news.
15:16Yes, Michael.
15:17Why is it not in America's interest to track?
15:19I'm sorry, Michael.
15:21Tammy, you referred early on in your opening
15:24about a ceasefire would apply to energy and infrastructure.
15:29The statement says,
15:31agrees on a partial ceasefire against energy.
15:33It doesn't say anything about
15:34other types of infrastructure.
15:36Can you explain what specifically
15:39the partial ceasefire covers?
15:41And when it says energy,
15:42what does that mean specifically?
15:44Does it mean the electrical grid?
15:46Does it mean power plants?
15:47What really is covered by this ceasefire?
15:49I think when we have technical teams
15:51moving to an area within days
15:52to discuss the technical aspects,
15:55we'll get those answers.
15:56But one thing that is clear is that,
15:58as I've noted, we've never been more,
16:01we've never been closer to the full ceasefire.
16:04As Envoy Whitcoff noted last night,
16:08that it is just a short way away
16:11to a complete ceasefire.
16:12That is clearly the goal.
16:14The goal has been a ceasefire
16:16within which we can begin negotiations
16:18for peace itself.
16:20That has not changed.
16:22So we've, this is, of course, as we know,
16:24this is an agreement,
16:27this agreement reflects us being closer
16:29to an end to this,
16:31and is really the first agreement
16:34that has created the potential of a de-escalation,
16:38which is what we want,
16:39and, of course, closer as a result
16:41to a full ceasefire so that this can end.
16:44The conversations between the parties involved,
16:46President Trump, Secretary Rubio,
16:49Waltz, Whitcoff, Kellogg, et cetera,
16:52multiple conversations to all the parties involved,
16:55and they've actually moved to the table in this regard
16:59through shuttle diplomacy,
17:00and so we've never been closer.
17:02So at this point,
17:03when it comes to the technical understanding,
17:05we'll learn that certainly in a few days,
17:07but this is the right trajectory
17:09brought to you by President Trump
17:12and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
17:14Nadia.
17:15Thank you, Tammy.
17:16Do you believe that diplomacy
17:18is still the best option to deal with Iran?
17:21Considering some reports
17:22that maybe the President's given them two months only,
17:24other options are still on the table,
17:27and on Gaza, while Israel is going after Hamas,
17:30there is reported of 400 people
17:33being killed, the majority are civilians,
17:34including 185 children.
17:37What is the United States is doing
17:38to tell Israel to spare the life of civilians
17:41or to avoid them, at least?
17:42Well, first of all, on the question of Iran,
17:45it's been clear,
17:46Secretary Rubio has made it clear
17:47that, of course, as the world's top diplomat,
17:50that diplomacy matters,
17:51and we continue.
17:53Diplomacy includes, of course,
17:54there's a whole host of things
17:55in the toolbox for diplomacy,
17:57and the world understands this as well.
17:59So of course, yes,
18:00diplomacy is the best way to handle this situation,
18:03and regarding,
18:06was it about Gaza?
18:07The civilian casualties in Gaza,
18:09including 108 children are being killed.
18:12Yeah, it's horrible.
18:13This entire, it's the 21st century,
18:17and the savagery unleashed by terrorist groups,
18:21death squads of Iran,
18:24entities that have an investment
18:26in the suffering never-ending,
18:28the use of people,
18:29the Gazans in particular,
18:31as cannon fodder for a dynamic
18:35that the world has decried for decades,
18:39and finally, we are here,
18:41and we've had enough of a conversation
18:43within the framework of this needing to end,
18:46and at the start,
18:48President Trump and Secretary Rubio
18:50demanded a new way of looking
18:52at how we end this,
18:54this framework of death and destruction,
18:57this cycle,
18:58and we are still in that process,
19:00and their demand that we can't continue on
19:04is made clear by the fact
19:05that Hamas had an offer,
19:09a bridge to continue on to the second phase,
19:11which they rejected.
19:13It was not a dynamic
19:15that was clearly going to end well
19:17in their rejecting it,
19:18but they did so anyway,
19:20and it's a horrible result
19:22of more decisions by Hamas
19:24that continue the suffering,
19:25but that has been the history,
19:27and so it is,
19:29we decry,
19:31we not only decry the loss of life
19:33and the impact on children around the world,
19:36but enough to where President Trump
19:38has a term, one term,
19:40and his focus has clearly been
19:43peace on this planet
19:45in every single fashion,
19:47and it will essentially be able to work
19:49because he's known to get results,
19:52he's known to be serious,
19:54and we're seeing it move forward,
19:55so it's a shame
19:57that Hamas has allowed this to occur,
19:59but look nowhere else
20:01other than the people
20:02who have facilitated this suffering
20:05from the beginning,
20:06the Trump administration,
20:07Secretary Rubio,
20:08the Department of State of this country
20:10are determined
20:11and are the ones working
20:12to make sure that this stops,
20:15and certainly the region understands
20:17that this is a real opportunity finally
20:19to change what's been happening.
20:20Yes, sir.
20:21Can I follow up, Tammy?
20:22Yes, staying in this region, please.
20:24I was just wondering
20:25if Secretary Rubio had any conversations
20:29since the strikes
20:30with his Israeli counterparts,
20:32and are you trying to ensure
20:36when Israel does these strikes
20:38using U.S. weapons
20:39that they're targeting,
20:43being as careful as possible
20:44in their targeting?
20:45I can tell you that, of course,
20:47our teams, they're constantly in touch.
20:50There's been no phone call arranged yet,
20:52direct phone call,
20:53between Secretary Rubio
20:56and Israeli counterparts
20:58or Israeli leadership,
20:59but of course,
21:00this is not a situation
21:02where if it's out of the news,
21:05the team's working
21:06to change the environment,
21:08stop and leave an office
21:09or stop and just do something else.
21:12So this is a constant,
21:13as you might imagine,
21:15a constant effort
21:16on every element of foreign policy,
21:18certainly when it comes to war,
21:20ceasefires, ending conflict.
21:22So they're constantly working,
21:25and certainly we always,
21:28we want peace,
21:29and we're working for this
21:30because we deplore the loss of life,
21:32as do the Israelis.
21:35These are things that are happening
21:36that none of us want to continue,
21:39and so it's difficult,
21:42but those conversations are ongoing,
21:44and of course, we stand with Israel
21:46in every circumstance.
21:48They are our ally,
21:50and we continue to work
21:52to make sure that this conflict,
21:56that we're able to stop it.
21:57Yes, Saeed, please.
21:59Thank you, Tammy.
22:00I mean, just to follow up
22:01on Nadia's question,
22:04there were 180 Palestinian children
22:06that were killed and so on,
22:07and my question to you,
22:09that Israel has used
22:11like 100 fighter jets supplied
22:13by the United States of America.
22:15There's absolutely no ground
22:17to air defenses in Gaza,
22:19so there was no response whatsoever,
22:21and that hints, I guess,
22:23the quest for restraint and so on
22:25that the U.S. probably should ask Israel.
22:28On the issue, the humanitarian issue,
22:30it's not only the bombing.
22:31I mean, there was a humanitarian catastrophe
22:35to begin with,
22:36with the holding of the aid and so on,
22:38and now we have this situation.
22:41Is the United States concerned
22:42that there is a looming catastrophe
22:45probably of apocalyptic nature coming through?
22:51The actions of the world
22:52against what's happening make it clear
22:54that we are gonna get this to be stopped.
22:58What I can tell you is it is a catastrophe,
23:00and there was a ceasefire on December 7th,
23:04October 7th, I should say.
23:06There was a ceasefire and it was broken
23:08by, you want it apocalyptic,
23:11by the massacre of 1,200 people,
23:14the taking of over 250 hostages,
23:17remaining hostages that still are
23:19in unknown conditions,
23:23certain, certainly Idan Alexander
23:26deserves to be free,
23:29and he still is not.
23:31So when we think about why we're in this situation,
23:34let us not forget.
23:35We talk about never forgetting
23:37certain things that happen,
23:38and it's important to keep reminding people
23:40of the things that, what sparked this,
23:43the obscenity of October 7th,
23:46the obscenity of this wholesale massacre
23:49that was videotaped,
23:52involving the slaughter of children,
23:55of babies, of women,
23:58women being raped as then they're murdered
24:00while they're being raped in front of every,
24:04some things are so difficult,
24:05we choose to not think about them
24:07or hold them in our consciousness
24:09because we can't.
24:11But in this situation,
24:13it is a mistake to look at dynamics
24:15within a section of what has occurred
24:18and remember the history of what has led us here
24:21and the extraordinary surprise
24:24at the American approach,
24:25the Trump approach,
24:27to try something new
24:29because this can't continue.
24:31As a civilized world,
24:34it can't continue.
24:35So yes, we decry everything that is going on,
24:39which is why we're doing what we're doing now.
24:41A quick follow-up on the solution.
24:43I just wanna follow up on the material point
24:47about the State Department is bound
24:49by the Leahy laws and other laws of the United States
24:52when it supplies weapons to its ally, Israel.
24:56The point has been made
24:57that over half of these casualties,
24:58all those killed,
24:59were women and children.
25:01So is there a process underway in this building
25:02to assess if those actions using American weapons
25:06were compliant with international law?
25:08Well, what we do,
25:10we work and apply international law.
25:12We apply certainly our applicable US laws,
25:16I should say.
25:17And that is something, of course,
25:18that we are committed to.
25:19That's what we ask of others to do,
25:21and that's what we're doing.
25:22Yeah.
25:23Yes, ma'am.
25:24Is it okay if I shift regions?
25:25I'm sorry?
25:26Can I shift to a different place?
25:27We're gonna shift regions.
25:27You have a few more questions here.
25:29I will come right back to you.
25:31Yes, sir.
25:32Thanks, Tammy.
25:32A couple questions.
25:33Number one, on the Israel-Hamas unraveling of the ceasefire.
25:35I understand the US's position.
25:38What about the actual plan?
25:40The first time around,
25:41there was an immense political investment made
25:44in garnering a ceasefire.
25:46Is the US planning through the State Department again
25:49to invest that much political capital
25:51in getting a ceasefire back in place?
25:53And if so, is the route the first time,
25:56as the first time to pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu?
25:59Is it now to pressure Qatar to lean on Hamas?
26:01What is the plan of action here?
26:03Well, first, I'm not going to discuss negotiations
26:06or diplomatic conversations or plans
26:08that might be emerging or not.
26:10What we do know, and I think has been very public,
26:13is the fact that President Trump
26:15is not just wanting a peaceful day or a peaceful week.
26:18Secretary Rubio is not flying around
26:21to speak with his counterparts,
26:23to handle summits and speaking with the parties involved
26:28so that we can have a peaceful fortnight.
26:31This is over.
26:33It is over.
26:34The people, all of us are subjected,
26:36certainly not as much as the people on the ground
26:38in the Middle East.
26:39But the world has to be done with this situation.
26:43So the commitment, with the nature
26:46of what President Trump has already been able to create
26:49in his first term, in his personal life,
26:51the nature of the commitment of Secretary Rubio,
26:54that we have got an understanding
26:57of enough of a history of knowing what has happened,
27:00that we know it has to be handled differently.
27:02The region understands this.
27:03And the Trump administration is,
27:05we have this window of this administration
27:09to change the trajectory of what has been decades
27:13and decades, coming up on 100 years of carnage
27:18that is now unacceptable.
27:20So if it's going to be done,
27:22everything that is necessary to get it done
27:25will be delivered by President Trump.
27:27All right.
27:28Yes, ma'am.
27:29Thank you, Kylie.
27:31I have two questions in Russia, North Korea, and South Korea.
27:35First question, South Korea.
27:37It was revealed that the former Biden administration
27:43classified South Korea as a sensitive country
27:47in the Department of Energy in January 2025.
27:53What is the specific reason for classifying South Korea
27:57as a sensitive country?
28:00And what is the Trump administration's stance
28:05on allies and —
28:07All right, so I'm going to — let me answer that.
28:10Is that, in fact,
28:12I have to refer you to the Department of Energy, all right?
28:15So that's the Department of Energy designation.
28:18Okay.
28:19And also, obviously, I'll reiterate,
28:22is that we, the United States,
28:24greatly values the close relationship
28:26we have with the Republic of Korea
28:28on scientific research collaboration,
28:30and we look forward to continued robust cooperation.
28:34So that's my answer there.
28:36And I promised you I would come to you.
28:38Can I have one more, Russia?
28:40Russia?
28:42Russian deputy.
28:43Do you want to cede?
28:44Yeah. All right.
28:45Yeah, thank you.
28:46Let me go back.
28:47All right, well, let's do that.
28:48All right, go ahead.
28:49I'll be back with you.
28:50Sure.
28:51Since we're off the region anyway.
28:52Yes, ma'am.
28:53I want to ask about the case of this missing spring breaker
28:54in the Dominican Republic
28:55who's feared to have drowned.
28:57Authorities in the country have effectively detained
29:00an American college student
29:02who's a witness in the case
29:03by withholding his passport.
29:05Is the State Department working to bring him home?
29:07Well, you're talking about Joshua Ribe,
29:10if I'm saying his last name right.
29:11Yes.
29:12So we, and I say this often,
29:14and we'll probably be saying it a lot more,
29:16is that there is no higher priority
29:18than the safety and security of U.S. citizens
29:20who are overseas.
29:23That matters to us.
29:24We're aware of the situation, certainly,
29:27and we take seriously our commitment
29:30to assist U.S. citizens abroad.
29:32It is a situation where
29:37I can't discuss, certainly, specifics,
29:41but we know that the U.S. Embassy
29:43is in communication with him,
29:45and his family, and his lawyer,
29:46and we are providing consular assistance as well.
29:49So that's where I have to set it.
29:51And I hope that answers the question.
29:53Is that right?
29:54All right.
29:55We'll go back here.
29:55Thank you again.
29:56So about Russia, yes?
29:57Yes, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Rodenko
30:01visited North Korea last weekend
30:04and discussed the war in Ukraine
30:07with North Korean Kim Jong-un.
30:09How does the Trump administration
30:12concerns about the military cooperation
30:15between Russia and North Korea?
30:19But the Russian, they still want to remain
30:24the North Korean troops in Russia, Moscow.
30:28Right, so asking about the nature
30:29of our reaction to Russia and North Korea
30:32and their alliance, essentially.
30:34So we know, of course, that's a perfect example
30:37of how third countries, like the DPRK,
30:40have perpetuated this war.
30:42So this is a dynamic that other countries
30:46are involved in, and certainly, very specifically,
30:48the DPRK, and they bear responsibility
30:51for the nature of what's going on.
30:53We continue to be concerned
30:55about their direct involvement in the war,
30:57their military deployment to Russia,
30:59and any support provided by the Russian Federation
31:04to North Korea, in return, also must end.
31:08So they're realizing the situation is changing,
31:10and that's good news, but we certainly,
31:13I think it's been made very clear, the difference.
31:15Thank you. Yes, ma'am.
31:17Following up on the Ukrainian children,
31:20the grant that you confirmed has been terminated
31:24to the research initiative at Yale University,
31:27does the Trump administration and the State Department
31:30believe that it is in the interest of the United States
31:33and the American people to support initiatives
31:35like that one that has been gathering evidence
31:38on Moscow's abduction of Ukrainian children?
31:40And you mentioned that Trump had spoken
31:43to Zelensky about this, and he had said
31:44he would work closely with both parties
31:47to make sure that those Ukrainian children
31:49are returned home.
31:50Are you saying that this administration
31:52and this department are gonna help find other initiatives
31:55or support other initiatives to help find
31:57and bring back those Ukrainian children?
31:59Well, as our review began when it came to foreign aid,
32:02I cautioned everyone to not associate buildings
32:06or an infrastructure or the existing status quo
32:10as being the only way possible to achieve our goals,
32:15and that includes foreign aid.
32:16We were, of course, reminded that while certain things
32:19were being cut, it didn't mean we were stepping away
32:21from foreign aid.
32:22It's about stepping away from abuse
32:26and a waste of money and an infrastructure
32:28and a bureaucracy that ends up taking the finances
32:32that exist and us needing to have finally
32:36an even playing field to determine what's been working,
32:40what isn't working, how to start again
32:43without an infrastructure that's going to take
32:45a majority of the funding in order to breathe life
32:48into itself so that we can actually spend money
32:51and do work that gets directly to the heart of the matter
32:54and saves people's lives, gets them life-saving assistance
32:57that is aligned, as those things are,
33:00with the American point of view.
33:02Are you saying that initiative was abusing funds?
33:04Well, I know that it was cut,
33:07and it was cut in the things that had been cut
33:09were not assessed to be within the framework
33:13of what mattered to this administration
33:16on the issue of making America safe and secure
33:20or more prosperous, but also it's an issue
33:22about waste and abuse.
33:24So when we think about a particular effort,
33:29it's important to realize that it's the goal
33:32that we need to address versus a particular structure
33:36that might be happening.
33:37So when we have a funded grant at a university
33:42that might be cut because it's been determined
33:45that it needed to be cut, and then you've got
33:47the presidents of the nations involved in the issue
33:51talking about it personally on the phone,
33:54the president of the most powerful country in the world
33:57saying, I'm going to do something here.
33:59I'm going, we're going to work on this.
34:02I think that's a pretty good, clear indication
34:05that we can still work on issues that matter
34:07and make them happen without it being
34:09in a certain structure that has existed.
34:12So it's, I think that that's pretty clear.
34:15It was very important for President Trump's comments
34:18to President Zelensky on that matter.
34:20Yes, Sean.
34:22Can I go back to the issue of cuts
34:23in US government-funded media?
34:25Sure.
34:26Radio Marti, the secretary has long
34:28been supportive of that.
34:29It's broadcasting into Cuba.
34:30Does the secretary support the elimination of Radio Marti?
34:33I have not spoken to him about the specifics
34:37of the nature of these particular programs.
34:41But what I said on Monday, as I'll repeat here,
34:44is that the American sensibility we value and have talked about
34:50and matters to us, the issue of people's voices being heard,
34:53the issue of freedom of speech, freedom of expression,
34:57and the ability, I think the desire and the ability
35:00to do that is always a priority when
35:03it comes to how we spread the word of democracy
35:07and want to improve the quality of people's lives.
35:10How that happens might change over time.
35:15And I think that's, again, bringing us back to the fact
35:17that we've gotten used to a certain infrastructure.
35:20But how we apply the values that we hold may change.
35:24And so I will ask him.
35:27We'll take that back as a specific question
35:29for the secretary.
35:30That is something that I think is important,
35:34and I'll find out for you.
35:35But what I do know is that his number one priority
35:38is to make sure this nation is safe financially,
35:42that Americans are safe, that we are secure within this world.
35:46And that's going to be part of, I think,
35:48the transition that happens.
35:49Can I follow up on that?
35:50Yes, sir.
35:51Can I say something about the Ukraine talks, if I may?
35:53The secretary last week met with his Ukrainian colleagues,
35:56and he discussed a full ceasefire deal.
35:58And he gave a press conference, the latest one,
36:00I think, was in Canada, where he said
36:02that when we talk to Russian leadership,
36:04we will know if they say no, I'm going to quote the secretary,
36:07it will tell us a lot about their goals
36:10and what their goals are and what their mindset is.
36:13There are concerns that with the current achievement
36:16that you have, Russia might be using these negotiations
36:18to accelerate victory, to weaken Ukraine, to strengthen itself.
36:23Energy infrastructure deal or ceasefire
36:27will help Russia more than Ukraine,
36:29because right now, it's over.
36:31There's lots of conversations that we
36:33have that are suppositions and what we imagine,
36:36because of our own experience and what we think
36:38may or may not happen.
36:39But there's something very specific happening right now.
36:42Conversations between the top leaders,
36:45conversations between all the parties involved,
36:48measures so that people will be meeting in the coming days
36:51to get to specifics.
36:52No one's waiting for the next week
36:54to maybe have another call to maybe figure out something.
36:57Maybe you'll show up.
36:58These are specific actions that are being taken immediately.
37:01So we've been in this really fast environment
37:03where everything's happening fast.
37:05The good news is, so is peace.
37:08We've never been closer.
37:10So there's all kinds of reasons that
37:13might be informing President Putin's reasoning.
37:15I don't know.
37:16And I'm not going to guess at what those are.
37:18What I do know is what President Trump is doing,
37:21the hard and fast framework of what
37:22we expect in the next few days in Saudi Arabia,
37:25the people who are committed to this,
37:27and that everyone now is at a table to get to the same goal.
37:33Iran, if I may.
37:34All right.
37:35Daphne.
37:35Just a question on Turkey.
37:37President Erdogan's main political rival
37:39has been detained on charges of corruption
37:41and aiding a terrorist group.
37:43What's the US stance on this?
37:44Do you have any concerns?
37:47Well, we would encourage Turkey to respect human rights,
37:53to handle its own internal framework appropriately.
37:59But yeah, we're not going to comment
38:04on the decision making, the internal decision
38:06making of another country, except to remind them
38:09that we expect them to behave in a manner that respects
38:15the rights of all of its citizens.
38:17And I think that's pretty obvious,
38:20but it's good to repeat.
38:23Yes, sir, standing.
38:25Yes, sir.
38:25Thank you very much, Tammy.
38:29In Pakistan, the most popular leader, Imran Khan,
38:31has been in jail now for the last two weeks.
38:33Could you introduce yourself, too?
38:35I'm from the Frontier Force.
38:36Nice to meet you, sir.
38:37Thank you, Tammy.
38:38In Pakistan, the most popular leader
38:40with a majority number of seats in the parliament, Imran Khan,
38:45and the biggest charity collector as well,
38:48has been languishing in jail since last two years.
38:51And in two years, everything in the country,
38:53whether it is the democracy, whether it is the women's
38:56rights, everything has been shattered
38:59since the last two years.
39:01President Trump was talking a lot about Pakistan
39:04before the elections, and thousands
39:07of his new voters in the US and millions of Pakistanis
39:11are expecting him to take some sort of action
39:14with regard to that country.
39:16Do you have anything in mind or have heard
39:18anything the president said?
39:20What I can tell you, as I've just noted about Turkey,
39:24is I'm not going to comment on the internal frameworks
39:27of another country.
39:28I do know that, what's it been, eight weeks?
39:31President Trump's been here eight weeks?
39:34And it's a lot going on, right?
39:38Regarding his intentions and actions,
39:41you can reach out to the White House.
39:44But I do think that President Trump has made it clear that,
39:49as has Secretary Rubio, that we care about the planet.
39:54We care about our neighbors.
39:55We care about what's happening on the globe.
39:58And that's been evidenced by our actions.
40:00So thank you, sir.
40:02All right, now, I've been, go with you.
40:05I've been skipping around you here.
40:06There's no reason for that.
40:07Thank you, Tammy.
40:08Switching to deportations, if I may, a couple of questions.
40:13One, has there been any direct exchanges with Venezuela
40:18since last Saturday regarding the deportation flights
40:21that you mentioned before, the ones that
40:24are supposed to take Venezuelans directly back to Venezuela?
40:27And also, I'd like to know if there's
40:29any details that can be shared regarding an agreement
40:32with El Salvador in regards of El Salvador incarcerating members
40:39of Trendy Aragua organization.
40:42Thanks.
40:43Well, I think we know of one request
40:46that El Salvador had, which is they
40:48wanted two of the worst MS-13 members deported back to them.
40:53And we said, OK.
40:55So they got those two MS-13 gang members.
41:01What we also know when it comes to El Salvador
41:06is they're dedicated to working with partners
41:12to end the crisis of illegal immigration,
41:14is committed to accept certain individuals removed
41:17from the United States, including the TDA members.
41:22And they also, besides the MS-13 members,
41:26they also requested 21 of its most wanted gang members
41:32who are El Salvadoran to go back as well.
41:34So we accommodated that also.
41:37And we plan to work with Congress
41:40to provide assistance to support El Salvador's correction
41:43system, which seems fair.
41:47And so on Venezuela, you're asking
41:49if there's been any more.
41:51Well, I think the message I mentioned
41:55at the top of this briefing was that they've
41:58got to start doing it or there's going to be serious problems.
42:03There's going to be sanctions, and we will be reacting.
42:05So they've been told they've got to.
42:09At this point, I don't believe any more certainly has moved.
42:15And certainly some of this, we're
42:18looking at the judge's order, et cetera.
42:23But what we do know is that deportation flights
42:25will continue to other countries and other regions.
42:29All right.
42:31Yes, please.
42:32On Friday, Special Envoy Grinnell
42:34announced that Venezuela had agreed
42:36to accept the repatriation flights.
42:38Well, that's nice.
42:39It's nice to say so.
42:40And doing it will be an important gesture.
42:46But have they signaled that they're
42:48reneging on that agreement that's been announced?
42:51Well, again, I'll refer you to the Secretary's tweet, which
42:56I think speaks for itself.
42:57It was very strong.
42:58President Trump said also that Maduro has not
43:01been taking Venezuelan deportees back fast enough.
43:05And this is not something that will be negotiated.
43:09Nor does it merit any reward of any sort.
43:12And also, if he does not accept the return of the deportees,
43:15of course, we will start to employ escalating sanctions.
43:19So it is about what our requirements are for a, well,
43:27I'll just leave it at that.
43:29I was going into my talk radio mode,
43:30and that was not going to be appropriate.
43:32Yes, sir.
43:33Thank you very much, Mike, from Al Jazeera.
43:36Very good.
43:36Nice to meet you.
43:38I just want to go back to the statement about Ukraine,
43:40in which it is stated that American ownership of power
43:45plants within Ukraine would be a way of guaranteeing
43:48their protection.
43:49Is we talking about physical ownership,
43:52taking over ownership of the plants
43:54from the Ukrainian authorities?
43:55Well, again, that comes from President Trump,
43:58who is one of the best businessmen
44:00we think has ever been around.
44:04And he knows how to make deals.
44:05And there is a serious consideration, in fact,
44:08that if you have an American-owned entity
44:13via a company, perhaps not certainly the government
44:15necessarily, that that creates, I think the presumption is,
44:20is that it creates a deterrent to strike.
44:24That you have also an economic partnership
44:27that increases the economic viability of a nation,
44:30the general, certainly, infrastructure
44:34stability of a nation.
44:35When you have people running your infrastructure
44:37or in a particular part of the infrastructure
44:39who know what they're doing, and that
44:42maintains not just the economic framework,
44:44but also the security framework because of the nature
44:46and the need for energy.
44:48It also is, I think it is, I don't
44:54want to presume what President Trump was considering,
44:58but just as a regular person, you'd
45:00realize that it is probably somewhat beneficial
45:04to have an economic relationship with a nation that
45:09has a history of being able to protect itself
45:12and protect its friends, and makes
45:14it a little bit more difficult to attack you because
45:17of what the results might be.
45:19All right.
45:20On the release document?
45:21Yes, sir.
45:22Ahmed Hazim, Jazeera Arabic.
45:25Just want to go back to Gaza.
45:26I don't think that I got some of your answer there.
45:30Is the US proposal that Hamas rejected, as you said,
45:34is it still on the table?
45:36And are you still pushing for another kind of a deal
45:41to end this new escalation now and get us back
45:45to the track to negotiation for the second phase
45:49of the original ceasefire agreement?
45:53Yes, I, knowing the envoys, the special envoys that we have,
46:00it's not that anything is off the table.
46:04It is about adhering to what the bridge would be
46:07and would have been.
46:09And that is something that can still happen.
46:12So that's what we hope for.
46:13It's why we do this.
46:16It's wanting to have that and to try
46:19to forestall saying no and going back to the old dynamic.
46:24So when you've worked hard on an issue
46:26and it's a proposal that's been made,
46:29that certainly is something that can be revisited.
46:33All right.
46:34Yes, sir.
46:34Thank you, Tami.
46:36One question on Iraq.
46:37How does this administration, looking
46:39at the disputes between Erbil and Baghdad over the Kursan
46:42I'm sorry, between what?
46:43Between the Kursan region of Iraq
46:44and Iraqi government over the energy issue
46:47and also over the budget issue.
46:49And are you willing to help to resolve this issue?
46:51And my second question, you said the diplomats
46:54is the best tool to approach the Iran
46:56to resolve the issues between you.
46:58But what we hear from the Iranian foreign minister,
47:00they say that they are no, that they
47:03don't go to negotiate with the US with the maximum pressure.
47:07How do you see this condition?
47:08Are you willing to get them some?
47:10Well, here's what I'll say about the Iraqi government,
47:14that we're urging the Iraqi government
47:16to reach an agreement.
47:17You're talking about energy, yes?
47:18Yeah.
47:19With the international oil companies
47:20to resume oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline
47:23as soon as possible and to honor the existing
47:26contracts with US companies.
47:28So that's part of the issue.
47:30Reopening the ITP ensures Iraqi oil
47:33can reach global, especially European, markets.
47:36Iraq benefits from the stability of resilient supply chains,
47:40as we all do.
47:43Regarding Iran, I can't speak to their reasoning on most
47:48anything, obviously.
47:49But President Trump has an approach
47:53that he is committed to, because he wants a result.
47:57And we are seeing some of those results now,
48:00and we will continue to see more.
48:03Certainly, the Houthis are seeing
48:05the results of what we are committed
48:08to do to make sure that things change in this planet.
48:12And I have no doubt Iran has noticed that.
48:15Yes, ma'am.
48:16Yes, there are reports in the Lebanese media that modern
48:20I'm sorry, in which media?
48:21Lebanese media.
48:22Lebanese media, yes.
48:23That Morgan Ortegas had calls with the Speaker
48:27and the Prime Minister, pressuring,
48:30I'm quoting here, pressuring them
48:32to start negotiations, political negotiations,
48:35with the Israelis beyond the ceasefire.
48:37Is this accurate?
48:39Are you trying to start negotiations?
48:44Well, you're asking a question about something
48:47that you saw in media that may or may not have happened,
48:51and so is a hypothetical, and that I should speculate.
48:55I can't do that.
48:56We're going to move on.
48:56Yes, ma'am, in the back, right there with glasses.
48:58Yes, ma'am.
48:59I want to move to the Red Sea, please,
49:01and talk about the Red Sea.
49:02I say stay right here, but yes, go ahead.
49:05Yeah, the commercial activity there,
49:07obviously very disrupted.
49:09Is the United States working with partners
49:10like Great Britain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia
49:14to solve the problem with Houthi attacks the Red Sea?
49:16Or is that just a US attack right now?
49:21That is – that's – I need to go back and check,
49:26because I was going to presume here,
49:28and I need to go back and check and see regarding
49:30what other elements might be involved.
49:33But let's make sure we get that to her, should we?
49:35All right, good.
49:36Can I also ask that on Ukraine, with the power plants
49:39in Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, and Kursk,
49:42if there is any move to have some observers come and look?
49:44Because those have been, at least on generators,
49:47some of them for three years.
49:49I'm sure that when we were just –
49:51what Saudi Arabia will have with this meeting
49:55of technical individuals, that that's even a point
50:01after a ceasefire has been achieved, right,
50:03when you have observers, right?
50:04That is not – none of that is going to be discussed.
50:06Nothing with either Russia or Ukraine
50:08is going to – can be discussed regarding that
50:11until we have a ceasefire, to where then we can move
50:14to talk about the specifics of how to implement
50:17the security as we move forward.
50:18So we will.
50:19There are people that are in place to observe.
50:20All right, all right.
50:21I'll show up.
50:21Will you do one more?
50:23Yeah, on Bangladesh.
50:24I'm sorry?
50:25On Bangladesh?
50:26Bangladesh.
50:26All right, yes.
50:27Thank you so much.
50:28And Tammy, congratulations.
50:30This is your third time, but this is my first time here.
50:32Thank you so much.
50:33All right, good.
50:33So I'm not the newbie then.
50:34Okay.
50:35Good.
50:35U.S. intelligence chief, Ms. Tulsi Gabbard,
50:38has warned about Bangladesh, that growing threat
50:41of Islamist extremism and effort to establish
50:44an Islamic caliphate.
50:46While she didn't directly accuse the interim government
50:50led by Muhammad Yunus, but Muhammad Yunus
50:53has vehemently denied this concern, calling them untrue.
50:57However, just yesterday, a large pro-caliphate rally
51:01took place in Dhaka University, if you let me –
51:04this is the picture here – raising serious concern
51:08about the situation.
51:09Given the U.S. government ongoing concern,
51:12U.S. considering taking serious action,
51:14such sanctions against the U.S. government,
51:17and second part, lawlessness –
51:19Second part.
51:20May I address this?
51:22Let me – in general, may I address this, sir?
51:23And one aid to your –
51:25I will – let me – I think we're looking for a response,
51:29and I'm going to give you one.
51:30Please.
51:30We condemn any instances of violence or intolerance
51:34directed toward members of minority communities
51:37in any country, and have welcomed measures
51:40taken by Bangladesh's interim government
51:42to ensure safety and security for all in Bangladesh.
51:46That's what we're watching, that's what we expect,
51:48and that will be what continues.
51:50Thank you, everyone.
51:51We've got a very busy day in front of us.
51:53Thank you, everyone.
51:53Thank you so much.
51:54Thanks for being here.
51:56We will do it.
51:57I know there might be more things to talk about on Friday.
52:00Thank you, everyone.
52:01Have a great day.