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Vice President Mike Pence has said Pakistan is responding to the U.S. leadership on the international stage with renewed cooperation in the fight against terror.
“–as was evidenced in the hostage rescue and the return of a young American family just a few short days ago, Pakistan is responding to American leadership with renewed cooperation in the war on terror,” he noted at the American Enterprise Institute in the wake of Pakistan’s rescue of Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband and their kids from the Taliban captivity.
Pence was making the point that under President Donald Trump is “achieving real results on the international stage through renewed American strength.”
Pence’s remarks came as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Islamabad for talks on combating militancy along Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Pence had met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York last month.
“In Afghanistan, our President has committed our armed forces to remain engaged in the fight against the Taliban and all the terrorist groups in the region until we eliminate that threat to our homeland and our people once and for all.”
In his speech, the vice president also counted some other areas where, he said, President Trump’s foreign policy approach is working.
“Our President has put historic pressure on the regime in Pyongyang, and today, North Korea is isolated as never before. With China doing more than they have ever done to bring pressure to bear — economic and diplomatic pressure to bear on the regime in North Korea.
“President Trump has put Iran on notice. And this month, he announced that our administration will no longer certify the disastrous Iran nuclear deal or tolerate Tehran’s support for global terrorism.”
“As a candidate, our President also pledged to “crush and destroy ISIS,” in his words. And today, thanks to the courage of our armed forces, and our allies, ISIS is on the run.”
