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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…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a range of military-related topics, including a U.S. screening process to recruit and train moderate Syrian…

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…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of military issues including the death of American hostage of the ISIS, Kayla Jean Mueller, and President…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of issues, including the killing of a Jordanian pilot by ISIS militants. The Islamic State of Iraq and…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of issues, including a shooting incident that killed three American contractors at a military base in Kabul,…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of military-related topics. He said that despite news reports to the contrary, no decision had been…

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 responded to questions on a variety of military-related topics, including U.S. involvement in training Syrian opposition forces and the recent terrorist activities…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of military-related topics, including the establishment that day of a new agency to track missing…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of military-related topics. This is only the final portion of the briefing.

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…

Rear Admiral Kirby responded questions from reporters on a variety of defense issues. He said that Iraq would receive mine-resistant vehicles to deal with roadside bombs set by *ISIS. Other…

Rear Admiral Kirby responded questions from reporters on a variety of defense issues, including U.S. strategy in combating ISIS militants in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of topics. He spoke about the search for a new secretary of defense, as well as the possibility of a return…

Rear Admiral John Kirby briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of topics, including Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s previous day announcement of his resignation.

Rear Admiral Kirby responded questions from reporters on a variety of defense issues. Topics included continued operations against ISIS* militants. He also defended the Pentagon’s role in…

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…

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…