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Pence Talks Up NATO On Visit To Russia's Front Yard

Vice President Pence wraps up a trip Wednesday to Estonia, Georgia and Montenegro. Pence has spent the four-day trip speaking out against Russia and affirming U.S. support for the tiny nations.
"The president of the United States of America, President Donald Trump, sent me here with a simple message for you and for the people of Georgia: We are with you," Vice President Pence said in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday. / ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / Getty Images

Whatever Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped to accomplish with his attack on the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump, he did not get a honeymoon.

Vice President Mike Pence is set to return Wednesday from a trip to the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, where he traveled from north to south reassuring leaders that they can look over their frontiers knowing that Washington is at their back.

"The president of the United States of America, President Donald Trump, sent me here with a

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