But also looking more broadly， at a time when countries like Vietnam are considering what major powers they want to be cooperating with， does this effect the discussions you＇re going to have？ And how will you explain the shutdown to your counterparts？
SEC. MATTIS：Yes， just by me being here shows it＇s had －－ the shutdown＇s had no effect on this trip. If it comes up， I＇ll explain what＇s going on. In a democracy， where you have three co－equal branches of government， this is what we protect in the U.S. military， and we＇ll stay in the military－to－military discussions. I don＇t foresee it having any impact， there. And I＇m －－ I haven＇t been alerted to any or anything like that.
And we＇ve got a pretty full agenda in terms of things we want to talk about already， based on his －－ my counterpart＇s visit to Washington and －－ you know， my Vietnam counterpart. And then we＇ve got a pretty full agenda with my MOD counterpart in Jakarta based on our last two discussions， so.
Q：Mr. Secretary， （inaudible） North Korea come up， when you＇re talking about Indonesia and Vietnam. Is that not part of the discussions （inaudible）？
SEC. MATTIS：Yes， North Korea comes up in our discussions everywhere in the world， because this is a global issue. You saw a couple weeks －－ or －－ I guess about it＇d be about two weeks ago now， or one week ago， I was in Vancouver， British Columbia， when the secretary of state， the diplomats， got together from the sending states， （inaudible） the troops that sent troops to Korea －－ the Korean War in 1950， plus the Republic of Korea and Japan， and Canada and the United States cohosted in Vancouver， British Columbia discussions about the Korea problem and how we keep this in a diplomatically solved portfolio.
When I spoke with them it was interesting to hear from a European representative， and again， these were not military －－ I was the only military －－ no the Canadian minister of defense and I were the only two military representatives in the room. But the European foreign minister said， our capital is closer to North Korea to Seattle or Washington， D.C. That was interesting to hear a European leader， saying that. So that shows that this continues to be a subject wherever we are in the world， as the entire world －－ you＇ve seen three unanimous Security Council resolutions on the issue of strengthening sanctions， and this is an ongoing effort， so I＇m sure it will come out in both of these countries.
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