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Karen Pence, wife of VP Mike Pence since 1985, said Tuesday that shes excited to get back to doing what she loves to do teach!

What the second lady didnt mention is shell be working under a strict biblical morality policy, which is pretty specific about whos allowed at the school.

Heres a snippet from the application:

The school also asks applicants to pledge to live a personal life of moral purity by signing off on sections, including one that says God intended sexual acts occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other.

Those are just some of the guidelines laid out by Immanuel Christian School, a private K-8 school just outside of Washington, D.C., where Pence had previously worked for many years.

Perhaps this shouldnt come as a surprise, considering the Pences have long been known for their staunch religious convictions.

Regardless, her decision was widely criticized.

Why not teach at a school that welcomes everyone, instead of choosing one that wont serve LGBTQ kids, kids of LGBTQ parents? JoDee Winterhof of the Human Rights Campaign told HuffPost in a statement. The Pences never seem to miss an opportunity to show their public service only extends to some.

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Kara Brooks, a spokeswoman for Pence, responded to the backlash.

Its absurd that her decision to teach art to children at a Christian school, and the schools religious beliefs, are under attack, Brooks told HuffPo in a statement.

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Vice President Mike Pence issued a statement Wednesday that sought to clarify remarks he delivered earlier in the day in which he claimed that ISIS has been defeated several hours after the radical Islamic group set off a bomb that killed at least two U.S. service members and two American civilians in Syria. More than a dozen people died in the attack.

In a speech at the U.S. State Department Wednesday morning, Pence credited President Trump and the U.S. military with vanquishing Islamic State terrorists in Syria.

Thanks to the leadership of this commander in chief and the courage and sacrifice of our armed forces, we are now actually able to begin to hand off the fight against ISIS in Syria to our coalition partners, Pence said, And we are bringing our troops home. The caliphate has crumbled, and ISIS has been defeated.

Before Pence delivered that assessment, he had been briefed on the deadly bomb attack, for which ISIS quickly claimed responsibility, in the northern city of Manbij. Hours after his speech, the vice president issued a statement about the bombing that stopped short of an outright declaration of victory.

Vice President Mike Pence. (Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP)

President Trump and I condemn the terrorist attack in Syria that claimed American lives and our hearts are with the loved ones of the fallen. We honor their memory and we will never forget their service and sacrifice, Pence said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to the courage of our Armed Forces, we have crushed the ISIS caliphate and devastated its capabilities. As we begin to bring our troops home, the American people can be assured, for the sake of our soldiers, their families, and our nation, we will never allow the remnants of ISIS to reestablish their evil and murderous caliphate not now, not ever.

By claiming to have crushed the ISIS caliphate the quasi-state covering parts of Iraq and Syria that the group controlled for several years Pence emphasized the part of the allied effort that has been successful, without mentioning that the group still exists as an underground army of terrorists, capable of pulling off deadly attacks.

In explaining his decision in December to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, Trump declared, We have won against ISIS.

Weve beaten them, and weve beaten them badly, Trump said. Weve taken back the land and now its time for our troops to come back home.

According to Pentagon estimates, ISIS can still claim 30,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis resigned in protest over Trumps plan to remove the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria, but in his speech at the State Department, Pence said that goal remained on track.

Some Republicans,including Trumps strident supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham, have pushed back against the presidents plan.

My concern by the statements made by President Trump is that you have set in motion enthusiasm by the enemy were fighting, Graham said Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

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Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday struggled to back President Donald Trumps lie that former presidents have affirmed their support for his proposed border wall, claiming that Trump meant that they support border security.

On Friday, Trump falsely boasted that his predecessors have told me that we should have built the wall.

This should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me, and they all know it, he said during a news conference. Some of them have told me that we should have done it.

But all four living former presidents have denied that they ever spoke to Trump about the wall or have made it clear they do not support Trumps long-promised proposal.

Pressed by NBC News Hallie Jackson in an interview Tuesday, Pence hesitated, before attempting to claim that the president meant that it had been his impression and that he meant the importance of border security.

I know the president has said that that was his impression from previous administrations, previous presidents, Pence said. I know Ive seen clips of previous presidents talking about the importance of border security, the importance of addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

None of the living former presidents has explicitly stated any support for the wall itself, contrary to Trumps brag on Friday.

The vice presidents attempted defense was similar to a statement from an administration official to The New York Times on Monday, in response to all of Trumps living predecessors contradicting Trumps false claim.

The official said that Trump might have been referring to public comments made by previous presidents on behalf of border security, though not the wall specifically or directly to Mr. Trump, The Times reported.

Pence gave several interviews Tuesday morning attempting to bolster Trump ahead of the presidentsprimetime address on the border wall.

He similarly struggled to defend Trumps repeated lies about immigration and the border, including the false claim about the former presidents, in an interview with ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl.

How can the president be, how can his word be trusted on this, when he has said so many things that are just not true about this crisis? Karl asked.

Pence deflected by saying that the American people arent as concerned about the political debate.

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The president underscored the futility of Sundays confab before it even took place: I dont expect to have anything happen at that meeting, he told reporters that morning, before heading to Camp David. Ultimately, its going to be solved by the principals.

In other words, Pence entered the talks under no illusion that progress lay waiting. The result was that Pences negotiating partners saw him as a man sidelined, a status that has increasingly defined the vice presidents tenure, according to interviews with lawmakers, aides, and current and former administration officials, many of whom requested anonymity in order to speak frankly and reveal confidential details.

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In Sundays meeting, for example, Democratic staffers made clear that they would not negotiate border-wall funding until the government reopens, maintaining the position House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had staked out days before. According to two congressional staffers in the room, Pence responded by discussing funding for border-security items both parties might agree upon, such as drone technology. For Pence, the sources said, it appeared an attempt to maintain a smooth and congenial discussion. Nevertheless, with regard to the sticking point$5.7 billion for a wallboth parties remained dug in. I wish hed been a bit more forceful, lamented one Republican aide who was in the room.

Pence has never been an outwardly aggressive negotiator on behalf of the president, preferring to project a calm, respectful, and reasonable demeanor to contrast Donald Trumps bombast. Its a posture that most lawmakers and aides I spoke to appreciated, praising Pence as a valuable sounding board for their frustrations with the White House, notably at Senate Republicans weekly policy lunches, which he attends frequently. Yet when it comes to reaching a deal with Democrats to reopen the government, it has mattered almost none: On Monday, day 17 of the partial government shutdown, the White House announced its most serious threat yet to declare a national state of emergency over what it claims is a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pence signaled his readiness to abandon talks with Democrats in favor of this move, telling reporters on Monday that the border represents a humanitarian and national-security crisis.

Hes investing in GOP solidarity, a senior aide to a GOP member close to Pence told me, not deal making with Democrats.

Should the administration declare a state of emergency, Pences reputation as a mediator between the White House and Congress would likely take a hit. Such a declaration would symbolize the administrations failure not only to pick off Democrats, but also to maintain the total support of its own party: In the past week, moderate Senate Republicans such as Susan Collins of Maine, Cory Gardner of Colorado, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina said they were prepared to back the governments reopening with or without wall funding.

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