Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is en route to North Korea, President Trump announced Tuesday, where he will seek to begin negotiating a denuclearization deal with North Korean officials.
It is Pompeo's second known trip to North Korea; he met with leader Kim Jong Un secretly in April while he was still serving as CIA director.
Pompeo's visit comes ahead of a highly anticipated summit between Trump and Kim, and amid rapidly thawing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. When asked by a reporter if three Americans being held prisoner in North Korea will be freed, Trump said: "We'll soon be finding out."