Mike Pence: “I`m a Christian, conservative and a Republican in that order, and I am honored to stand before you today.”

Maximum pressure worked. America’s military strength worked. The blockade worked. Iran came to the table because the regime’s existence teetered on a knife’s edge.

It smacks of the kind of appeasement the president rightly rejected during our first term.

My only purpose was to keep my oath.

The president deserves tremendous credit for taking the fight directly to Tehran, and every American should welcome the prospect of peace.