1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)

2. What position does Mike Pompeo currently hold in the Trump administration? To which position has Pompeo been nominated by President Trump?

3. a) Why did Mr. Pompeo meet with Kim Jong Un?
b) What was the outcome of the meeting?

4. What is the ultimate goal for a meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un?

5. What is the significance of this potential meeting?

6. North Korea’s history of regional military provocations; proliferation of military-related items; WMD programs including tests of nuclear devices in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017 (long-range missile development; as well as its nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programs) and massive conventional armed forces – have been of major concern to the entire world for many years.
In 2017, many commentators warned that President Trump’s tough talk against Kim Jong Un might cause the dictator to take military action.

Following the announcement in March that President Trump agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un for denuclearization talks by May, liberal CNN news anchor Erin Burnett grudgingly admitted:
“If President Trump can truly solve this problem, that would be going down as a great president, and there’s no way around that, that is the reality here.”

Only time will tell if President Trump’s strategy will be a success, or if his detractors are correct. What do you think?