The Latest: 3 longtime Pence aides named to White House jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on Vice President-elect Mike Pence (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

Three longtime aides to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will join him in Washington as he becomes vice president, including one who kept a lucrative state lobbying contract while he also had a paid position with the Republican presidential campaign.

Josh Pitcock was announced Wednesday as Pence's chief of staff and an assistant to the president in the Trump White House. Pitcock worked on Pence's congressional staff and was hired under contract to be Indiana's federal lobbyist after Pence became governor in 2013. He canceled his $23,000-a-month contract in November.

Marc Short will become Trump's legislative affairs director. Short was a top Pence congressional aide and political operative for the conservative billionaire Koch brothers.

Jen Pavlik will be Pence's deputy chief of staff after working in the governor's office.

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Once he's sworn in, President-elect Donald Trump will move swiftly to undo Democratic President Barack Obama's policies.

That's the message from Vice President-elect Mike Pence to House Republicans at a Capitol Hill strategy session Wednesday.

On Jan. 20, Trump will use his power through executive orders to target the health care law and other policies.

New York Rep. Chris Collins and Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner specifically mentioned health care, though it's unclear what changes could be made through executive order on the nearly 7-year-old law.

Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold says Pence told the GOP: "What can be done with a pen and a phone can be undone with a pen and a phone."