{"id":15879,"date":"2026-08-23T23:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/pence-heartened-after-trans-ex-cia-briefer-praises-treatment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:07:39","slug":"pence-heartened-after-trans-ex-cia-briefer-praises-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/pence-heartened-after-trans-ex-cia-briefer-praises-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence &#8216;Heartened&#8217; After Trans Ex-CIA Briefer Praises Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Julia Curlee<\/strong>, who served as Pence&#8217;s intelligence briefer, recently credited the former vice president with treating her with considerable respect throughout her tenure, according to <strong>Kiara Moore<\/strong> writing in <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Pence addressed the comments during a Sunday appearance on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15879 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217075040330_59d601-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217075040330_59d601-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217075040330_59d601-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217075040330_59d601.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15876'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: washingtonexaminer.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26180108781399-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26180108781399-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26180108781399-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26180108781399.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15877'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: washingtonexaminer.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The former vice president acknowledged his conservative positions are widely recognized, but emphasized that Christian principles include treating others with decency and respect. He said he appreciated Curlee&#8217;s kind words and was heartened to learn she felt respected while working in his office.<\/p>\n<p>Curlee told MS Now that despite Pence&#8217;s public record opposing same-sex marriage and transgender individuals serving in the military, he never diminished her during their professional interactions. She described being treated with profound respect and dignity throughout her assignment.<\/p>\n<p>The former intelligence officer recalled specific instances of Pence&#8217;s courteous behavior, including his habit of taking notes and asking questions during briefings. When her assignment concluded, he invited her family to the White House and told her mother, <em>You must be very proud of your daughter<\/em>, while taking her hand.<\/p>\n<h2>Dismissal Following Political Pressure<\/h2>\n<p>Curlee&#8217;s comments emerged as part of a detailed essay published in the Atlantic titled &#8220;The Wrong Kind of American,&#8221; in which she recounted her removal from government service. She revealed she was terminated from her National Security Council position in late March 2025, the same day right-wing activist <strong>Laura Loomer<\/strong> publicly demanded the removal of a transgender &#8220;Biden holdover&#8221; from the NSC&#8217;s intelligence office.<\/p>\n<p>Pence&#8217;s office has not issued any additional statements beyond his remarks expressing appreciation for Curlee&#8217;s comments about her experience working with him during the previous administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence responded to praise from transgender ex-CIA officer Julia Curlee, saying he was pleased his office treated her with dignity despite his opposition to LGBT policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":15878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[698,12203,8494,4448,3918,209],"nfg_topic":[137],"class_list":["post-15879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cia","tag-julia-curlee","tag-lgbt-policy","tag-mike-pence","tag-transgender-rights","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-culture-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15879"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=15879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}