Mike Pence on Iran: Trump Made It Clear There Would Be Strong Military Response

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KILMEADE: "Mr. Vice president, if the Iranian leadership who sent those, we believe, 15 rockets into two separate bases, one of which missed the Erbil landed in between the consulate and the actual base, if any of those rockets killed Americans, would we have responded directly?"
PENCE: "Brian, I can assure you having been there every step of the way that when -- when -- when those Iranian-backed militias shelled base claimed an American life on December 27th, injured four American service personnel, President Trump made it clear internally and to the world that there would be strong military response, even a disproportionate response if American lives were lost. We would be in a very different place today if those missiles had hit their intended target. But thanks to force protection that the president dictated, thanks to the incredible dedication to our team on the ground as well as intelligence community that gave us a potential warning -- a warning of potential threats no American casualties. But all the credit goes to our team, our military on the ground because no doubt in my mind that when the Iranians fired those missiles, they were intending to kill Americans. They struck bases. My wife and I visited just this last Thanksgiving, but thanks to our preparedness, thanks to this measures that were taken, thankfully, no American lives were lost."