On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that the suffering that the population of Gaza is experiencing is the fault of Hamas and their choice “to break
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that while the suffering of civilians in Gaza is due to Hamas, Israel has a “special responsibility” and needs to
Kirby said that Hamas did not represent a majority of Palestinians, but polling data from Palestinian sources contradict Kirby’s claim.
White House national security aide John Kirby tried to clean up President Joe Biden’s claim Tuesday that Israel has engaged in “indiscriminate bombing,” telling reporters Wednesday that Biden was expressing concern about civilian casualties in general.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that the White House succeeded in convincing Israel to “limit the scope of their operations” in northern Gaza and that while
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to a question on whether the Ukraine money requested by the White House will be decisive and isn’t just funding a stalemate
On Tuesday’s edition of CBS’s “America Decides,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that it’s crucial that we get Israel funding, but wouldn’t back off President Joe Biden’s vow to veto an Israel-only bill.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he did not know when hostage discussions will resume between Israel and Hamas will restart after the fighting reignited over the weekend.
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg TV’s “Balance of Power,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby declined to say whether the White House would support Qatar extraditing Hamas leadership in the country and stated that he
White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that the White House doesn’t support Israel operating against Hamas in the southern portion of Gaza “unless or until they have factored in all those additional civilians” in the area and all civilians in the area.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to a question on reporting that Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israel it doesn’t have the “credit”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly left Thursday’s press conference after she refused to call on an African reporter.
The White House said Tuesday that it opposes Israel’s plan to attack Hamas terrorists in the southern portion of the Gaza Strip unless it can provide an “accounting” for all of the internally displaced Palestinian civilians in the war.
Javier Milei, the president-elect of Argentina, is scheduled to visit the White House on Tuesday for the final leg of his whirlwind visit to America this week, but President Joe Biden will not be there.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said a missile launch from Houthi-controlled territory towards the U.S.S. Mason may not have been an attack on the
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that the White House doesn’t regret its earlier hostage deal with Iran in the wake of increased attacks
President Joe Biden’s State Department is refusing to commit to revoking visas for those foreign nationals in the United States who are espousing support for Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby acknowledged that Hamas uses civilians as human shields “because they know that the burden is on the Israeli Defense Forces to
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to claims that the U.S. is failing to deter Iranian proxy groups by stating that if the attacks continue, “we’re
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby reacted to U.S. troops facing further attacks from Iranian proxy groups in the wake of the U.S. strikes on Wednesday by stating
Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, on Tuesday demanded Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani put an end to Iran-backed Shiite militia attacks on bases housing U.S. personnel.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that Iran-backed militia groups “continue to fire rockets at our bases” but “we haven’t seen another nation-state or actor move in
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that “China also can have a dialogue with certain actors” in the Middle East “that we may not
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that if getting the hostages held by Hamas released “requires some sort of humanitarian pause or pauses, then we’re obviously in support of that
“What’s harsh is the way Hamas is using people as human shields. … What’s harsh is taking a couple of hundred hostages and leaving families anxious.”
The White House on Thursday called for consideration of “humanitarian pauses” in the Israel-Hamas War, as Israel prepares its ground offensive against Hamas in response to the terrorist organization’s attacks on October 7 that killed more than 1,200.
The White House accused Iran of “actively facilitating” attacks by Shiite militia groups against U.S. positions in Iraq and Syria.
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that President Joe Biden requested supplemental funding from Congress because the U.S. running low on the weapons it needs for its
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby commended The New York Times for its editors’ note on its coverage of the Gaza hospital blast where the paper acknowledged it
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby commented on attacks launched by Iranian proxies by stating that “we don’t see an indication that a major player is willing to
John Kirby, the White House’s National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, told reporters aboard Air Force Once en route to Israel on Tuesday evening that President Joe Biden would have “tough questions” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they met Wednesday morning.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that Hamas isn’t just blocking Americans from leaving northern Gaza, but is “literally throwing up roadblocks” to stop people of other nationalities
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that he would not rule out U.S. troops being deployed on the ground to free hostages caught in the Israel-Hamas war.
During an interview with the Fox News Channel aired on Friday’s broadcast of “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby acknowledged that Iran is making money off of oil, but argued that most of
During an interview with the Fox News Channel aired on Friday’s broadcast of “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that the U.S. is “watching” the $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen by
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that President Joe Biden will continue to talk about the conflict in the Middle East and supporting Israel and will work
During an interview with NewsNation aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Hill,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that America isn’t behind nations that have already evacuated people from Israel or announced evacuation flights
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby defended President Joe Biden’s remarks last month that climate change is “more frightening than a nuclear war,” and is
White House aide John Kirby choked up Monday on CNN’s “The Lead” while discussing the horrifying images of the Hamas terror attacks in Israel.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that Iran is “complicit” in funding terrorism but wouldn’t commit to refreezing the $6 billion unfrozen by the prisoner swap
