Pence’s office denies delay in upcoming trip

US Vice President Mike Pence’s office denies reports that a planned trip to Israel had been indefinitely delayed beyond January.

Responding to a tweet from the Associated Press saying that “Pence visit to Israel postponed again,” the vice president’s press secretary Alyssa Farah writes, “This report is false. The VP is still going to Israel as planned.

This report is false. The VP is still going to Israel as planned. https://t.co/sAcAemYvU8

— Devin O’Malley 45 Archived (@VPPressSec45) January 1, 2018

In addition, Pence’s deputy chief of staff Jarrod Agen tweets: “As we’ve said, @VP Pence is traveling to Israel & Egypt later this month. Reports otherwise are wrong. There’s a false story circulating of a delay. It’s not true.”

— Raphael Ahren