"I think given some of the intelligence failures of recent years, [the] president-elect's made it clear to the American people that he's skeptical about conclusions from the bureaucracy, and I think the American people hear him loud and clear," Mr. Pence said.

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"We're talking about people's lives, we're talking about families. But we're also talking about a policy that has been a failure, virtually since its inception," Mr. Pence said.

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