We're not talking about some trivial violation.

I think he's down. Last we could hear, as [mission control] was talking him down, was a crunching noise you could hear and the antenna would normally break off and he lost contact so I assume he's on the ground.

The WTO cases have to do with conformity to the very loose procedural obligations incorporated in the WTO itself.

There's no way that I can sit across the table from somebody whose main bargaining leverage is that he isn't complying with the existing agreement. That has to be cleared up first.

I certainly support suspending the discussions,

Marines care for their own. And that is in life and in death. And so they see their duty not complete until they are resting in their homeland with their families.