Running THREAD: The administration is giving contradictory statements of its negotiating position with North Korea. Shifting standards will confuse allies and let Pyongyang pick and choose.
2. 4/22, White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short. Sentences conflict. Latter could permit retention of warheads and devices rendered undeliverable, fissile material, nuclear facilities intact, missiles, CBW. nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…
3. 4/23, @PressSec's standard could permit retention of warheads and devices rendered undeliverable by missile, fissile material, nuclear facilities intact, conventional missiles, CBW, as well as nuclear tests.
4. 4/24, @POTUS's standard is too vague to discuss seriously. Could permit retention of fissile material, facilities, technology, missiles, CBW.
5. 5/2, Pompeo's standard would remove all nuclear and CBW weapons, material, and facilities. May permit conventional missiles of all ranges. "Without delay" is ambiguous, implausible. @NarangVipin. reuters.com/article/us-nor… 
6. 5/13, Bolton on @CNN still improvising a position, but his is clearly a maximalist one. Implies removal of all ballistic missiles. Does not address personnel. A stratospheric standard, this is why some experts worry Bolton wants talks to fail.
7. 5/11, Pompeo expresses uncertainty about the steps required. May permit ridicule. state.gov/secretary/rema…
8. 5/13, Pompeo, improvising, describes a standard that could permit retention of nuclear warheads, facilities, material, and possibly short range missiles. Contradicts earlier statement.
9. 5/13, Pompeo earlier on @FaceTheNation gave a much different standard than (8), also clearly improvised. It's wrong to imply the administration definitely has a standard that would permit retention of nuclear weapons. Story is not wrong policy; it's confusion. @KingstonAReif
