Mike Pence on Russia: Better Relations Don’t Mean Being Friends

RUSH EXCERPT:
PENCE: "The president-elect has spoken his mind about a number of countries around the world. He's willing to do that. He's talking about everything being on the talked about. Not always well received by every country. I think what you have in our president-elect is someone who is unintimidated by the world. He's prepared to sit down. He's prepared to explore the possibility of us to have better relations. Remember, better relations don't mean being friends with countries. It means resetting the proper respect that the people of the United States and our nation should be able to demand from countries around the world. And then once that respect is reset, looking for opportunities as he said many times, if we could forge a better relationship with Russia and then focus both of our nations on defeating radical Islamic terrorism and destroying ISIS, that would be a good thing. But I think he comes into it with an open mind, but a clear-eyed view of the world that I think is reflecting the caliber of men and women that he's surrounding this administration with in the area of national security."