Defense Department Briefing
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…
344 viewsRear 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…
344 viewsRear 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…
328 viewsRear 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…
480 viewsRear 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…
175 viewsRear 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…
168 viewsRear 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,…
289 viewsRear 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…
270 viewsRear 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.
149 viewsRear 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…
282 viewsRear 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…
431 viewsRear 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.
239 viewsRear 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…
711 viewsLieutenant 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…
2,135 viewsRear 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…
353 viewsRear 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…
316 viewsRear 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…
235 viewsRear 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.
360 viewsRear 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…
209 viewsRear 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…
444 viewsRear 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…
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