Pence hedges on easing Russia sanctions, saying it ‘depends’

Published February 5, 2017 2:54pm ET



The Trump administration plans to spend the next few months determining whether the United States should roll back sanctions on Russia so that both countries can work more closely to defeat the Islamic State terror organization, Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday.

Pence declined to give a definitive answer on whether the administration plans to preserve existing sanctions against Russia that were put into place following Moscow’s violations of the cease-fire in Ukraine.

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