Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday faced scrutiny for saying earlier this week that “ISIS has been defeated” on the same day the terror network claimed an attack that killed four American soldiers in Syria. “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace grilled Pence over the tone-deaf assertion, noting the vice president had been briefed on the deadly suicide blast hours before declaring an end to the self-described Islamic State. Pence stood by his claim that the Islamic State had been devastated and praised President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to quickly withdraw American troops from war-torn Syria. “First and foremost, our hearts go out to the families of those four American heroes,” Pence responded. In a very real sense, the ISIS state has been defeated.”

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2019 18:00 UTC