United States State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said : ' It is our judgment that the possible avenues to a peaceful resolution were not fully explored at the Tokyo conference .
" It 's our judgment that the possible avenues to a peaceful resolution were not fully explored at the Tokyo conference , " US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said .
After their arrests , the men told investigators they paid to be smuggled into Blaine , Wash . , from Canada last month , two sources said .