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SECURITY ISSUE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LAST WEEK’S SUDDEN CANCELLATION OF VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE’S PLANNED TRIP TO NEW HAMPSHIRE REMAINS, FOR NOW, UNEXPLAINED WEDNESDAY MORNING THE VICE PRESIDENT’S CHIEF OF STAFF SAID ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ABRUPT CHANGE OF PLANS COULD COME LATER. >> KRISTEN, I CAN’T TALK ABOUT THAT NOW, SORRY. WE’LL HAVE MORE, I’LL IMAGINE IT WILL BE A FEW WEEKS. . >> THIS ALL STARTED LAST TUESDAY WHEN VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON THE OPIOID CRISIS AT GRANITE RECOVERY CENTERS IN SALEM. BEFORE THE EVENT WAS SUPPOSED TO START, A MEMBER OF THE VICE PRESIDENT’S STAFF STEPPED UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAID THERE HAD BEEN A EMERGENCY CALL-BACK. >> I DO HAVE SOME BAD NEWS AT THIS POINT, AIR FORCE 2 WAS HEADING THIS WAY, THERE’S BEEN AN EMERGENCY CALL-BACK, THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, SO AT THIS TIME WE’RE GOING TO CANCEL TODAY’S EVENT. >> AIDES TO THE VICE PRESIDENT LATER CLARIFIED THAT IT WASN’T AN EMERGENCY, BUT THEY SAY PENCE DID RETURN TO THE WEST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT, BRIEFLY. SUBSEQUENT REPORTS OUT OF WASHINGTON IDENTIFIED A NON-SPECIFIC SECURITY ISSUE AS THE REASON FOR THE LAST-MINUTE CANCELLATION. THE PRESIDENT, WHEN ASKED, SAID IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THERE WAS A PROBLEM UP THERE, AND I WON’T GO INTO WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. >> LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAID THERE WAS NO SUCH SECURITY ISSUE IN SALEM THEY WERE AWARE OF. TODAY A REPRESENTATIVE FOR GRANITE RECOVERY CENTERS SAID THEY HAD NO FURTHER COMMENT ON THIS SITUA

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A week after Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled his planned trip to New Hampshire, a top aide is saying it could still be weeks before any more information is made public.Pence's chief of staff said Wednesday morning that an explanation could come at some point in the future.>> Download the FREE WMUR app"I can't talk about that now, sorry," chief of staff Marc Short said. "We'll have more, I'll imagine it will be a few weeks."Pence was supposed to hold a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis June 2 at Granite Recovery Centers in Salem. Before the event was scheduled to start, a member of the vice president's staff stepped up to the microphone and said there had been a "emergency callback.""I do have some bad news at this point," Pence staff member Randy Gentry said at the event. "Air Force 2 was heading this way. There's been an emergency callback. The vice president was asked to return to Washington, so at this time we're going to cancel today's event."Aides to the vice president later said there wasn't an emergency, but they said Pence returned to the West Wing of the White House to speak to the president briefly.Later reports out of Washington identified a nonspecific security issue as the reason for the last-minute cancellation. President Donald Trump said it had nothing to do with the White House and said the issue was in New Hampshire."There was a problem up there, and I won't go into what the problem was," Trump said.Local authorities said there was no security issue in Salem they were aware of. A representative for Granite Recovery Centers said they had no further comment.