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Vance Visits East Palestine, Promising to Be ‘Honest and Transparent’

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Vance Visits East Palestine, Promising to Be ‘Honest and Transparent’
Vice President JD Vance speaks at the East Palestine Fire Department as he visits East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2025. Rebecca Droke/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Salena Zito
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Vice President JD Vance said his return to the village of East Palestine on the second anniversary of the explosive train derailment was about more than just showing up.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.