The classified materials and the nation's secret is very serious matter.

And as a former Vice President of the United States, I can speak from personal experience

about the attention that ought to be paid to those materials when you're in office

and after you leave office.

And clearly that did not take place in this case.

But the treat, the unequal treatment before the law was deeply troubling to me early this week.

Well, well, well, that was Mike Pence almost two weeks ago talking about President Biden's classified documents.

But now it's Pence's lawyers who are explaining how classified material ended up at the former vice president's home.

Also ahead, Kevin McCarthy makes good on his promises for committee assignments, blocking high-profile

Democrats from one and adding fringe members of the GOP to others.

Plus, the Pentagon now appears to be ready to send tanks to Ukraine after all.

We'll explain why the move is as much about putting pressure on allies as it is about

arming the Ukrainians.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, January 25th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us.

We've got a pack show, and we begin in Washington, where concern is growing about the security

of the country's top secrets after the revelation that yet another one-time member of the executive

branch was storing classified documents at their private home.

Former Vice President Mike Pence joined Joe Biden and Donald Trump yesterday as the latest high-level official to become embroiled in controversy over their handling of classified information.

In two letters obtained by NBC News, Pence's lawyer, Greg Jacob, informed the National Archives that earlier

this month, a small number of documents bearing classified markings were found at the former

vice president's home in Indiana. Jacob says the search was triggered by Pence himself,

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