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Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby briefed reporters on a rocket attack on an air base in western Iraq that resulted in the death of a civilian contractor from a cardiac incident. No…

John Kirby briefed reporters and answered their questions on a variety of foreign affairs topics . He spent most of the briefing responding to questions about comments made by Philippine Pre…

John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of international topics, including Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s response to protesters who stormed the Iraqi pa…

John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of international topics. He spoke about Secretary Kerry’s announcement that the State Department believes ISIS* has carri…

John Kirby briefed reporters at the State Department and responded to questions on a variety of international topics, including international efforts to combat ISIS. The Islamic State …

Brett McGurk began the daily State Department briefing with a special report on efforts to combat ISIL.* Following Mr. McGurk’s remarks, John Kirby responded to questions on a variety of int…

John Kirby responded to questions on a range of international topics, including efforts to combat ISIL in Iraq and Syria, as well as Russian airstrikes in the region. The Islamic State …

At the State Department daily briefing, Brett McGurk spoke to reporters about efforts to combat ISIS.** The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (…

John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of international topics, including an explosion in Taijin, China, which killed at least 50 people, and an attack on a mar…

John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of international issues, including the delivery of U.S. fighter planes to Iraq and the recent military plane crash in Ari…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of issues, including U.S. training missions in Iraq and Syria, and ending the U.S. mission to combat Ebola i…

Rear Admiral John Kirby responded to questions by reporters on various military issues. Topics included a suicide attack that day by so-called Islamic State insurgents on an Iraqi air base w…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of issues, including conflict in Yemen, and strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria.

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of military-related topics. He announces that Secretary Hagel authorized 1300 additional troops to be …

Lieutenant General James Terry briefed reporters and responded to questions on the U.S.-led strikes against ISIS* targets in Iraq and Syria. He gave an update on airstrike operations and dis…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of issues, including the president’s decision, announced earlier in the day, to send an additional 1,500 tro…

Rear Admiral John Kirby responded to reporters' questions on a variety of military issues, including whether to send additional military advisers to Iraq beyond the 1200 already in the count…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and answered their questions on a variety of military-related topics, including the latest actions against the self-declared Islamic State* militant…

General Lloyd Austin briefed reporters and responded to questions on Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. Military operation against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. The Islam…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and took their questions on a variety of military topics including recent airstrikes against ISIL* targets in Iraq and Syria. He said that the U.S. …