Spicer: ‘We Have a Tremendous Amount of Respect for the People of Australia’

‘We are going to continue to work through this’

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SPICER: "Look, chief of staff Priebus and chief strategist Bannon did meet with the prime minister yesterday. I think they have a very productive --"
GARRETT: "The ambassador."
SPICER: "The ambassador -- thank you, appreciate the correction. They did have a very productive and candid conversation. We have a tremendous amount of respect for the people of Australia, for Prime Minister Turnbull, and it was a follow-up on the call, but we are going to continue to work through this. We are going to honor the commitments that we've made in some way, meaning that we are going to vet these people in accordance with the agreement that happened. And we'll continue to have further updates as we do."
 

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