Of the U.S. journalists ' killers , vice president says , `` We will follow them to the gates of hell '' `` Because hell is where they will reside , '' he added . He said he was referring to a military strategy in Syria that `` might '' require congressional approval . The Vice President said that if a journalist were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, it would be an act of war and not something for which there was any justification.
Of the U.S. journalists ' killers , vice president says , `` We will follow them to the gates of hell '' `` Because hell is where they will reside , '' he added . The Vice President said that if a journalist were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, it would be an act of war and not something for which there was any justification.