Vice President Pence Hails 'Tangible Progress' with North Korea as Remains of Presumed Korean War Dead Arrive in Hawaii

“Today, they are known but to God. But soon we will know their names and we will tell their stories of courage,” Vice President Mike Pence said yesterday in Hawaii, commemorating the return of 55 U.S. soldiers presumed dead from the Korean War.

The Vice President said the return of these fallen heroes was a sign of “tangible progress in our efforts to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula,” Samuel Chamberlain reports.

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