The Latest: VP Pence lauds officers who defended congressman

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, shakes hands with the President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, right, during a conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, Pool) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, shakes hands with the President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, right, during a conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, Pool)

By Associated Press June 15, 2017 5 min read

MIAMI (AP) – The Latest on U.S. and Central American officials meeting as President Trump signals a policy shift (all times local):

1:15 p.m.

Vice President Mike Pence started a speech to a Central American security conference by expressing gratitude for the Capitol police officers who defended members of Congress in a shooting that wounded several lawmakers and their aides at a baseball field outside Washington.

The agents were among those wounded in the attack.

Pence noted that he served in Congress with some of the people who came under attack Wednesday and that he is friends with Rep. Steve Scalise, who is recovering from wounds suffered in the shooting. He then singled out the two U.S. Capitol police agents, Crystal Griner and David Bailey.