. reporter: the most americans sleeping mike pence made his first trip to iraq as vice president. he received a classified briefing the same base where assault forfeit launched to kill isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. president wanted us here at start of this hollywood week. to make sure you all know how thankful we are every american for your courageous service here in areak we know has to be hard to be so far away from home especially at this time of the year. vice president was accompanied by wife karen, they both he served thanksgiving meal for some 5,000 u.s. troops did he floyd to iraq visit weeks after u.s. forces pulled back from syria s broader with turkey ahead avenue are turkish invasion killing hundreds of kurds many criticized the president for withdrawing, calling it a betrayal the vice president was asked about the criticism, during second stop to irbil the capital of iraqi
kurdistan. i don t think any confusion now among leadership here in the kurdish region that president trump s commitment to our allies here in iraq, as well as, to those in the syria defense o forces kurdish forces fought alongside is unchangeing. with eye on ir, earlier this week the aircraft carry uss abraham lincoln entered persian gulf first time since arriving in the region in may past six months aircraft carrier had been outside the gulf without knowing vice president secretly in iraq, france s defense ministers creativitied trump administration for disgageing from middle east. iran uran nearly 500 killed in widespread protests pence said he spoke to prime minister about the issue. discord among leaders over president trump s involvement in discipline of navy seal
. reporter: the most americans sleeping mike pence made his first trip to iraq as vice president. he received a classified briefing the same base where assault forfeit launched to kill isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. president wanted us here at start of this hollywood week. to make sure you all know how thankful we are every american for your courageous service here in areak we know has to be hard to be so far away from home especially at this time of the year. vice president was accompanied by wife karen, they both he served thanksgiving meal for some 5,000 u.s. troops did he floyd to iraq visit weeks after u.s. forces pulled back from syria s broader with turkey ahead avenue are turkish invasion killing hundreds of kurds many criticized the president for withdrawing, calling it a betrayal the vice president was asked about the criticism, during second stop to irbil the capital of iraqi
kurdistan. i don t think any confusion now among leadership here in the kurdish region that president trump s commitment to our allies here in iraq, as well as, to those in the syria defense o forces kurdish forces fought alongside is unchangeing. with eye on ir, earlier this week the aircraft carry uss abraham lincoln entered persian gulf first time since arriving in the region in may past six months aircraft carrier had been outside the gulf without knowing vice president secretly in iraq, france s defense ministers creativitied trump administration for disgageing from middle east. iran uran nearly 500 killed in widespread protests pence said he spoke to prime minister about the issue. discord among leaders over president trump s involvement in discipline of navy seal