Clinton was not specific about diplomatic action that might be taken in the event of a launch, other than to say it would not go unnoticed and would have consequences.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

And although U.S.officials say small adjustments may be possible in the specific plan for an air base in northern Okinawa, Secretary Gates said he doubts the U.S.Congress would agree to significant changes in the agreement, particularly if they would cost the United States more money.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"It was like a giant jigsaw puzzle and the more we started to unearth and peel back the onion of who this guy was and what happened to him in the past and trying to truly understand the reason why he would be so obsessed with a specific case once we start to uncover these things about him we realized that once we explain one set of circumstances we needed to go even further with another set of circumstances."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27