US to honor ‘dumb’ refugee deal with Australia – Pence

SYDNEY: The US will honor a controversial agreement with Australia to take refugees from Pacific island detention centers, Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday—a deal Donald Trump had previously branded “dumb.”

Pence also sought to clear the waters about the location of US supercarrier Carl Vinson that was supposedly steaming towards North Korea, saying it would arrive in the Sea of Japan “in a matter of days.”