because he needs them in north korea. they realize that they can promise to do some crackdowns, and they have done some on the north but not enough to make the regime collapse. the central problem the president will face on this trip is that his own cia publicly said no amount of isolation and sanctions going to get the north to give up the nuclear weapons program. that means he s either committing himself to a set of military actions or destabilization actions or ultimate acquiescence. what do you know about who is prepares the president for this trip? that s the huge part of this, briefing, from protocol to policy. he doesn t have a lot of the positions filled in the asian bureaus. who is getting him ready? the one person getting him