John Kirby Quotes

United States Navy rear admiral and Pentagon spokesperson

(born June 3, 1963) is a retired United States Navy rear admiral serving as White House National Security Communications Advisor since 2022. He previously served in the Biden administration as Pentagon Press Secretary and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 2021 to 2022. He worked as a military and diplomatic analyst for CNN from 2017 to 2021. He served in the Obama administration as Pentagon Press Secretary from 2013 to 2015 and as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 2015 to 2017.

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Alternative Names: John Francis Kirby • John F. Kirby

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We will always insist, as a matter of statutory requirements and policy, on a variety of end use requirements.

It’s very difficult to look at these images and the human cost. It’s difficult, and I apologise.

So, just before I kick off on those issues, I do want to start off by extending our thoughts to the victims of the horrible terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey, this morning.