Reporter Confronts Pence: Why Are You So Often ‘Out of the Loop’ on Major News?
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Pence declines to answer on why he seems ‘out of the loop’ on major news (The Hill)
Vice President Pence told reporters in Japan on Thursday that he only recently learned of the allegations against former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, and declined to answer a question about why he often seemed "out of the loop" when it came to major events at the White House.
“I learned as I awoke this morning of those developments, so we’ll comment on any issues affecting White House staff when we get back to Washington,” Pence said of the allegations against Porter, who announced Wednesday that he would resign from his White House role after being accused of abusing his two ex-wives.
His resignation occurred overnight in Japan, where Pence appeared alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visited U.S. troops at Yokota Air Force Base. The vice president is in the middle of a five-day trip throughout Asia before he leads the U.S. delegation at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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