Hi, it's Kristen. We wanted to bring you much more for my interview this week with former vice president Mike Pence.

When we sat down at his home in Indiana, I asked him how he views the second Trump administration.

Some of that you've already heard on Meet the Press.

But Mr. Pence also spoke about his own political future and about his successor, J.D. Vance. Here now is the full

audio from our conversation. Vice President Mike Pence, welcome back to meet the press.

It's good to be back, Kristen, and welcome to Indiana. Thank you. It is an honor to be here

and to sit and have this conversation with you. I want to ask you about the Trump administration.

We're now past the first 100 days of President Trump in office. Mr. Vice President, what do you see

as the single biggest difference between the Trump-Pence administration and the Trump-Vance administration?

Well, first, I want to, as I did in January, I want to congratulate the president on his

historic victory, returning to the White House.

And I think it was a testament to his appeal among tens of millions of Americans.

But Christ and I also believe it was in many ways an endorsement

of the success of our administration, where we rebuilt the military, revived the economy,

appointed conservatives to our courts at every level.

And I think the President's been off to a strong start, moving on many of the same issues that we moved on.

He's secured the southern border in a historic way, engaged in internal enforcement, restored

morale in our military.

Recruitment is now exceeding goals in every branch of our service.

And I think taking the fight to the Houthis and the Red Sea, all demonstrate that President Trump hasn't lost

a step in terms of his bias for action and his instinct for leadership.

But in the midst of all of that, I have seen some departure from the policies of our administration,

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