US has not ruled out Winter Olympics participation
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at Thursday’s briefing that “no official decision has been made” about whether the US will participate in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea’s Pyeongchang, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
In an interview with Fox News Channel on Wednesday, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley had casted doubt on the country’s participation, given the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
“There’s an open question,” said Haley. “I have not heard anything about that. But I do know that in the talks that we have…it’s always about, how do we do protect the US citizens in the area.”
The US Olympic Committee responded on Thursday, saying plans to compete in the Olympics hadn’t changed.
Shortly after that, White House spokeswoman Sanders said “no official decision has been made”, and later said on twitter that “The US looks forward to participating in the Winter Olympics in South Korea.”
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“The protection of Americans is our top priority and we are engaged with the South Koreans and other partner nations to secure the venues,” read Sanders’ tweet.
US Department of State spokesperson Heather Nauert expressed “confidence” of secured Winter Games in a press briefing…..
Frank Jumbo with Agency Report
