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I had the honor to stand by President Trump as he signed an executive order to restore religious liberty in the public square, Vice President Pence said to a standing ovation.

This administration hears you. This administration stands with you, he continued. Remember to bow the head and bend the knee to pray in these challenging times. Not so much pray for a cause but as for our country.

Pences remarks were well receivedby those attending and speaking.

I was very encouraged to hear the vice president, to express his faith overtly and to exhort us here to pray for our country, former Ambassador to the Vatican R. James Nicholson told Breitbart News. Nobody knows President Trump better than Vice President Pence, and when he affirms the presidents commitment to the sanctity of life, its very encouraging.

The vicepresident is sending the right message in the right moment. Unity is important, and it is promoted by faith. Embracing God, we will be one nation, said Mario E. Dorsonville, the auxiliary bishop of Washington and the events invocation speaker.

One attendee, Kevin Francis, voiced the overall attitude of the gathering, emphasizing that its very encouraging that [Pence is] supportive of the sanctity of life and religious freedom, which is fundamental to not just being an American but being a person as well. In fact, I think that religious freedom is ones most fundamental right. With that in mind, its also important that [Pence] expressed solidarity with all persecuted religious minorities everywhere, including imperiled Christians in Iraq and Syria.

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Russian officials have protested strongly against comments by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in which he mentioned Russia as a threat to global stability on a par with Iran.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 6 Moscow "regrets" the comments and called on the United States to "clarify its position."

"Obviously, President [Donald] Trump's position is the main thing that Moscow takes into consideration," Peskov said.

Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington on June 5, Pence strongly reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to NATO as "unwavering."

"A strong NATO is vitally important, especially in these trying times," Pence said. "From Russia's efforts to redraw international borders by force, to Iran's attempts to destabilize the Middle East, to the global menace of terrorism that can strike anywhere at any time, it seems that the world is more dangerous today than at any point since the fall of communism a quarter century ago."

Pence's comments come after some observers criticized Trump for insufficiently backing the alliance during a recent NATO summit in Brussels.

Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the Russian State Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee, said Pence's comments "sum up dozens and hundreds of anti-Russian speeches" that have been heard in the United States since Trump was elected last November.

Konstantin Kosachyov, head of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, said Pence's remarks were "the pinnacle of absurdity," adding that Russia and Iran are only "dangerous to the [U.S.-dominated] unipolar world."

Earlier on June 6, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said President Donald Trump told him to "begin a reengagement process" aimed at rebuilding relations with Moscow, and not to let the turmoil in Washington over possible Russian ties to Trump's inner circle get in the way.

The FBI and the U.S. Congress are investigating the contacts between Russians and the Trump campaign and transition team, including a search for any signs of collusion by associates of Trump with what U.S. intelligence officials say were Russia's aims in the election.

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President Donald J. Trump participates in the signing ceremony of a decision memo and letter transmitting ideas on air traffic control reform to Congress, beside US Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 5.(Photo: MICHAEL REYNOLDS, EPA)

WASHINGTON Vice President Pence hadapersonal reason for applauding President Trumps push on Monday to privatize the nation's air traffic control system.

As I can attest from first-hand experience, having more precise landings in America is a good thing, Pence said before introducing Trump for his East Room announcement.

Pence was referring to a campaign trip last October whenhis charter flight skidded off the runway at New York's LaGuardiaAirport.

My career just ended, one of the planes pilots said after the rough landing, according to a transcript of the cockpit voice recording released last week by federal investigators.

The board hasnt determined what caused the plane to touch down more than 4,000 feet down the runway before it skidded off the end of the runway.

The captain said put it down, put it down as the first officer flew the Boeing 737-700 charter flight by EasternAir Lines,according to a report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Both pilots applied maximum brakes as they approached the end of the runway in a rainstorm, according to the report. But the plane came to rest 200 feet beyond the runway after skidding onto pavement that is meant to crumble and slow the wheels down like sand for a runaway truck.

None of the nine crew members or 39 passengers,includingPence, wasinjured in the incident. There wasn't an emergency evacuation because there was no fire.Pence, who was the governor of Indiana at the time, tweeted at the time he was grateful nobody was hurt.

The administration is kicking off a week focusing on infrastructure with Trumps long-shot plan to put the nations air traffic control system in private hands.The plan calls for creatinga private, nonprofit corporation,with airlines contributing fees rather than the taxes they now pay the government to cover the approximately $10 billion annual cost for air-traffic control.

Airlines hope the change would bring more predictable funding than provided by annual spending fights in Congress that have led to furloughs and shutdowns in recent years. Backers of the proposal also contend that a private corporation would modernize equipment and training faster than the Federal Aviation Administration. Government watchdogs have criticized FAA for slow progress on shifting controllers from directing planes by ground-based radar to satellite-based GPS.

But the proposal has critics among some airlines, general-aviation groups and in Congress.

Republican Rep. Todd Rokita of Indiana, a general aviation pilot who serves on the House Transportation Committee, has said privatizing the air traffic control system is trying to solve a problem when we dont think really one exists.

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Police officers from several area communities were involved in providing traffic control and security for Vice President Mike Pence's stop in Palos Heights on Saturday to attend a funeral.

The effort involved briefly shutting 127th Street between Harlem Avenue and the Tri-State Tollway as the vice president's motorcade traveled between St. Alexander Church and Midway Airport, Dave Delaney, Palos Heights deputy police chief, said Monday.

Pence was at the church for the funeral of A. Raymond Schwaller.

Delaney said that Palos Heights had about 30 police personnel involved, and officers from communities including Alsip, Crestwood, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Orland Park, Palos Hills and Palos Park also took part.

He said the section of 127th Street was closed for about 10 minutes at approximately 9:30 a.m. as the motorcade made its way from the airport to the church, and again at about 11 a.m. as the vice president headed back to Midway.

The effort involved closing off access from all side streets and driveways from businesses along the route, Delaney said.

"It was very manpower-intensive," he said. "It's the first time we've had to do something like this in the 27 years (he has been with the department)."

Delaney said the department was notified Wednesday afternoon about the vice president coming to the city and met with Secret Service personnel Thursday and Friday to work out the security details.

At the church, supplementing the Secret Service detail, Palos Heights had several officers posted inside and outside the building while the vice president was inside. Because the parish school is attached to the church, "there are many entrances" that had to be secured, Delaney said.

Local fire departments and other first responders were notified about the 127th Street closures in order to reroute ambulances or fire engines, he said. He said there was one instance were an ambulance had to get through, which was cleared by the Secret Service.

"It went unbelievably smoothly," Delaney said of the traffic control and security work.

He said he was uncertain how many police were involved overall in the effort. Delaney said he was unsure the city would be eligible to be reimbursed for the costs associated with the vice president's business, but that the department wouldn't seek to recoup the expenses regardless.

He said the vice president spoke with some officers at Midway before leaving the Chicago area. Although born and raised in southern Indiana, Pence's parents grew up on Chicago's South Side. He told officers that his uncle, Bob Pence, was a Chicago police officer assigned to former Mayor Harold Washington's security detail, Delaney said.

"He spoke with us for about five or 10 minutes," Delaney said. "He was very gracious. He said he supports the police."

Schwaller had founded Schwaller Insurance Agency in 1954, and was a supporter of the DePaul University Athletic Foundation, Notre Dame Athletics and the Leo Alumni Association, according to his obituary. He served on the board of trustees for Mother McAuley High School, according to the obit.

The Palos Heights resident, who was 89, continued to come into the insurance office each day until well past his 87th birthday, according to the obit.

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