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Vice President Mike Pence extended his sympathies to those affected by the terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday and vowed the United States would help "find and punish" those responsible.

"The latest scenes of carnage and mayhem sicken us all. As the president said earlier today, the United States condemns this terror attack and we will do whatever is necessary to help," Pence said Thursday during remarks at the Panama Canal.

"Whatever inspired today's terror attack, the United States stands ready to assist the people of Spain and find and punish those responsible," he continued. "On this dark day, our prayers and the prayers of all the American people are with the victims, their families and the good people of Spain."

At least 13 people died and 80 were injured after a person drove a white van into pedestrians in the Las Ramblas district of Barcelona.

The area is a large, pedestrian tourist district with shops and stalls.

Videos and photos from the scene showed people lying on the ground in the area where the attack took place.

Local police released a photo of a man, identified as 28-year-old Driss Oukabir, who is believed to have rented the van used in the attack. Oukabir is from Morocco and resides in Ripoll, Spain.

After the attack, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump offered their well wishes to those in Barcelona.

"The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help," Trump tweeted. "Be tough & strong, we love you!"

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Vice President Mike Pence, left, with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Metropolitan cathedral in Buenos Aires.. (photo credit:AFP PHOTO)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Vice President Mike Pence in Argentina commemorated Holocaust victims and those killed in terrorist attacks on Israelis and the Jewish community in 1992 and 1994.

On Tuesday, Pence paid homage to the victims at a memorial in Buenos Aires his first stop during an official visit to Argentina in the Metropolitan cathedral.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 1992 bombing at the Israeli Embassy in the Argentine capital, which was followed two years later by the AMIA Jewish center bombing the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Argentina. The two attacks, which Western intelligence agencies said were organized with Iranian support, claimed the lives of 114 people.

Earlier today, it was my great honor to visit a memorial to these victims in the Metropolitan chapel, and breathe a prayer and read a verse in their memory, Pence said.

The vice president landed Sunday in Latin America for a weeklong trip to meet with the leaders of Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Panama.

The threat of terror still looms across our hemisphere, Pence said, and we will stand together to confront it and protect our people from it.

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Vice President Mike Pence says he is standing by President Donald Trump in regards to the presidents contentious comments in a Tuesday press conference. Trump saidboth sides were to blame for the violence that ensued at a white nationalist-run rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend.

At a press conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Pence three questions, all of which he effectively dodged. The first question was whether Pence agreed with Trump that there were good people among the white supremacist protesters, the second was whether Confederate statues should be removed, and the third was whether Robert E. Lee should be considered in the same pantheon as George Washington.

Pence took a beat and evaded all three questions entirely, saying:

What happened in Charlottesville was a tragedy and the president has been clear on this tragedy and so have I. I spoke at length about this heartbreaking situation on Sunday night in Colombia and I stand with the president and I stand by those words.

Pence also said that despite being in Chile, our hearts are in Charlottesville and paid tribute to the 32-year-old woman who was killed in the protests.

Just a few short hours ago, the family and friends gathered to say farewell to a remarkable young woman, Heather Heyer, he said.

Weve been praying, weve been praying for Gods comfort for her family and her friends and we are also praying in America, we will not allow the few to divide the many, he said. The strength of the United States of America is always strongest, as the President has said so eloquently, when we are united. Around our shared values and so it will always be.

Since his statements in Chile, Pence has canceled a planned appearance he had scheduled for Saturday with Ed Gillespie, who is currently the GOP nominee for governor of Virginia. Gillespie tweeted on Wednesday that the white supremacists and neo-Nazis who invaded [Charlottesville] espouse reprehensible views that have no redeeming value whatsoever.

Trumps comments during the Tuesday press conference, which was supposed to be about infrastructure, have united both Democrats and Republicans in saying the president needs to do more to fight against white supremacists. White supremacists, on the other hand, have praised his remarks.

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Jennifer Rubin dreams of Vice President Mike Pence as president to cure all ills and make the country sane again. She cites a CNN poll which states that 60 percent of respondents say the Russia probe is a serious matter. So even though President Donald Trump has been investigated for over a year now with absolutely no proof of collusion, people believe this might be the case. Could it be Rubin and the media pushing this narrative?

Say Rubin gets her wish. Does she really believe Trumps core supporters will just say, Oh well, Pence is still a Republican and better than a Democrat.

No, I suspect Trump loyalists will be offended enough to sit out the 2018 elections and give Democrats the U.S. House. Then watch as Democrats start impeachment proceedings on Pence. You see, to Democrats the only good Republican president is an impeached president.

Ken Nelson, Chicago

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Vice President Mike Pence sidestepped questions on Tuesday about the ongoing infighting that has plagued the West Wing, and instead praised President Trump for his "strong leadership" and for embracing the strength of the U.S. "without apology."

"Our administration, now seven months old, has seen America restored more than 1 million jobs at home," Pence said Tuesday during a news conference with Argentine President Mauricio Macri. "But also, what the world has seen under President Donald Trump is an American president who is once again embracing our historic role as leader of the free world without apology."

Pence was asked if the infighting among West Wing staff, including attacks on National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, hurt his efforts to present a strong, unified message on the world stage.

The vice president was also asked if he felt additional changes to staff were needed to eliminate the public infighting, a reference to speculation that White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been behind the whisper campaign against McMaster and may be on his way out.

But instead of addressing the drama in the West Wing, Pence again praised Trump's "strong leadership."

"In a very real sense, I believe President Trump has restored the credibility of American power by being willing to take American values and American interests on to the world stage," he said.

"While we're putting America first, as I said earlier, the world is getting the message that America first doesn't mean America alone," Pence continued. "My presence here is to bring together nations around the world. To work toward our common interest and to achieve results, and I believe the results speak for themselves."

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