The vaunted “echo chamber” that President Barack Obama’s aide Ben Rhodes created to sell the Iran deal was quiet on Monday, in the aftermath of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s revelations of new intelligence proving that Iran had lied to the world about its nuclear weapons program.
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” CNN Military and Diplomatic Analyst and former State Department Spokesperson and Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) argued President Trump’s Davos speech had “a very small, I think, almost mean outlook,” on immigration. Kirby said, “I
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Military and Diplomatic Analyst Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.), who served as Spokesperson for the State Department and the Department of Defense during the Obama administration, stated that he is bothered that
State Department spokesman John Kirby and Associated Press (AP) reporter Brad Klapper clashed Wednesday in several testy exchanges about the Obama administration’s Syria policy.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” State Department Spokesperson Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated that the failure in Syria “is not on the leadership of the United States, or even other members of the international community.” Kirby said, “[I]t’s
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department spokesman John Kirby denied the allegation of a “quid pro quo” between the FBI and the State Department involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email while she was secretary of
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated, “I wouldn’t debate the fact that there’s the potential for ISIS terrorists to try to insert themselves,” among Syrian refugees, and
Contents: Warplanes target and bomb humanitarian aid convoy near Aleppo in Syria; Led by the US, more people are openly expressing total disgust with Bashar al-Assad’s depravity
On Saturday night, a 20-year-old man was shot and killed while playing Pokemon Go in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” State Department Spokesperson Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated that the $400 million secretly airlifted to Iran at the time Iran was releasing US prisoners was giving not a ransom, and
The State Department continues to hold off on administrative evaluation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of sensitive information. During a Tuesday press conference, Spokesman John Kirby repeatedly asserted that the department is not “lax” with classified information but would not weigh in on the FBI’s determination that “there is evidence of potential violations” by Clinton.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement declared a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed to death a 13-year-old Israeli-American girl while she was sleeping in her bed to be a “martyr.”
The U.S.-backed Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in northern Syria is aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a terrorist organization, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told a Senate panel, echoing Turkey’s position on the relationship between the two groups.
The United States Department of State has released its official blacklist of countries guilty of egregious violations of religious freedom, and for the 14th consecutive year has left Pakistan off the roster.
Contents: Turkey’s military strikes Kurdish positions in Syria, north of Aleppo; Saudi Arabia and Turkey plan joint ground troop incursion into Syria; The death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that Iran had not violated the Geneva Convention on prisoners of war. But it is wrong, as the text of the Convention makes clear.
State Department Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby argued that ISIS is “much more contained in Iraq and Syria” “we’re bringing peace and stability to Syria” even though “it’s still a very violent, very dangerous, very troubled place” on Wednesday’s broadcast
State Department Spokesman John Kirby on Monday provided a boastful recap of his cabinet’s achievements in 2015 and highlighted “bringing peace [and] security” to war-torn Syria as one of its wins this past year.
State Department Spokesperson Adm. John Kirby said that Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement that there was a “rationale” for the Charlie Hebdo attacks was referring to the rationale used by the terrorists, and “There’s no rationale, there’s no justification
State Department Spokesperson John Kirby stated that “there’s a combat role here for US forces” who are launching airstrikes, ground forces will “absolutely” “be exposed potentially to combat operations,” and Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler “died in an act of combat”
United States State Department spokesman John Kirby called Iran’s “destabilizing activity” in Syria “unhelpful” but noted that the Islamic Republic would need to be more involved in the diplomatic process of achieving an end to the violence in the region sooner rather than later.
JERUSALEM—Ordinary Israelis are furious about the Obama administration’s accusing Israel of committing acts of terrorism, drawing moral equivalency between the Jewish State and the terrorists who seek Israel’s destruction.
State Department Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated that “transparency czar” Janice Jacobs’ donation to Hillary Clinton is “not relevant” on Wednesday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel. Kirby said, [relevant remarks being around 3:30] “She’s absolutely the
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski pressed State Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) over Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails on Wednesday. Brzezinski asked, “did anyone approve of Hillary Clinton using a private email account,
State Department Spokesperson John Kirby stated that the State Department might have gotten emails from Sidney Blumenthal that they “decided not to” turn over to the Benghazi Select Committee at Friday’s State Department press briefing. Kirby was asked about emails
Nigeria requests US troops to fight Boko Haram; Debka: Obama seeks Iran’s help as anti-ISIS coalition shrinks
On Thursday’s broadcast of “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, Pentagon spokesman Read Adm. John Kirby told host Sean Hannity that the Pentagon stood by the decision to swap U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban that were Guantanamo
