„We made this decision to deploy THAAD. That‘s an alliance decision back, I guess, over a year ago now or about a year ago, and we have been sort of continuing apace in that decision,“ she said. „There hasn‘t been any change, and there hasn‘t certainly been anything about the decision-making process that would indicate any change.“
Thornton‘s statement came after reports of a possible delay caused by remarks by a White House advisor who was accompanying U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on his trip to Seoul.