Mrs Clinton made the remarks at a State Department news conference with Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez as President Barack Obama met with Bill Clinton about the former president's mission to North Korea that won the freedom of two imprisoned American journalists.
In a brief statement, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama thanked Clinton for undertaking the mission and the former president "described the process." Gibbs said the two spoke for 40 minutes in the West Wing's situation room before Obama invited the former president to continue their conversation for another 30 minutes in the Oval Office.