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John Patrick Kirby is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants.

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They love the base there, it's a great relationship between the people of Pensacola and the Navy and the base there. It's a terrific Navy town.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 11 months ago Top News

What worries me is that the President's decision space gets further limited and smaller, some of it is of his own doing and the fact that his own team is not on the same page but also now the Iranians are closing that decision space and they are pushing him into a corner and I don't think that is good for anybody.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Some of it is of his own doing and the fact that his own team is not on the same page but also now the Iranians are closing that decision space and they are pushing him into a corner and I don't think that is good for anybody.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I would think the Trump administration could -- if they choose -- cite the principle of self-defense under the UN Charter and conduct operations accordingly, but those operations would have to be proportional to the threat -- a threat that has now been made more challenging by the sophistication of Iranian air defenses.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I do not expect this latest incident to, by itself, lead to outright conflict. But it is certainly escalatory and, regrettably, may be further limiting the already small decision space Trump had given himself.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

What worries me is that the President's decision space gets further limited and smaller, some of it is of his own doing and the fact that his own team is not on the same page, but also now the Iranians are closing that decision space and they are pushing him into a corner, and I don't think that is good for anybody.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

These officials are public servants. What they say — in State Department entirety — is inherently of public interest. It's inappropriate and irresponsible not to observe that obligation.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

It's perfectly fine to ensure faith-based media have a seat at such a table. But it's PR malpractice to cut off access to the broader press corps. I wish I could say I expected more from this crowd.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

Secretary( John Kirby) Kerry used to say that there should be nothing foreign to the American people about foreign policy.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

If I had posted something about John Kirby like this on social media, Secretary Kerry would have -- rightly -- been incensed. I might even have been fired, my account -- which is a personal account, where I say my personal take on anything from government-related to news-related topics -- is my specific point of view. But it is also consistent with our policy of pointing out the Iranian regime's excesses and misrepresentations and malign activities.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

It is not unusual -- and frankly it can be quite beneficial -- to advancing American interests for the spouse of a cabinet secretary to occasionally travel with him or her. The spouse often engages in separate encounters during such trips meeting with local officials and participating in cultural or educational engagements that flesh out and help inform America's foreign policy.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

Care must be taken at all times to ensure meaningful context is gleaned by the cabinet official from the spouse's interactions and that the taxpayer is properly served for the expenditure of such travel.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

I hope that in the wake of the images that came out, military leaders there and here in DC are taking a look at the protocols and procedures... of briefing service members before these types of visits... particularly by The President, it's bad enough that Donald Trump doesn't see a problem with signing campaign paraphernalia at a military base, maybe even more so that some of our troops are OK with it.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

One big danger is imbuing in the American people's mind that the military's loyalty is not to them, but to Donald Trump, when Donald Trump behaves this way, it conveys a message to the American people that the military is not there for them, it's there for Donald Trump.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

The President conflates the obedience of the troops with political alignment and does not realize they are not political supporters of The President, they are subordinates.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

It is in fact a campaign slogan, that is a campaign item, and it is completely inappropriate for the troops to do this.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

Writing a formal letter and presenting it to the boss personally was exactly the right thing to do. It is very much in keeping with military custom..

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

I don't think we're at the stage right now that if we pull out of the INF Treaty, you've got to go sort of build a bunker in your backyard, i don't think we're at that stage at all.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I suspect our European allies right now are none too happy about hearing that President Trump intends to pull out of it.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I don't think we're at that stage at all.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

This gives Putin an excuse to just continue doing what he's doing, only doing it more blatantly.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

These aides are often very young, not even at the mid-career point in most cases. Their inclination is to want to accommodate, to succeed, and to help the boss succeed. The boss has to be the one to make clear where the lines are, and to do so vigorously.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

They can see a propaganda value here and this is basically them showing the level of deference and respect that Trump has paid to them and to their military leaders.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

This is what we would call at the State Department a CBM -- a confidence building measure -- obviously baked into the plan to agree to have Trump sit down with Kim Jong Un, good news and certainly indicative of the fact that KJU is taking this summit seriously and that the North Koreans really are serious about wanting to sit down.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Good news and certainly indicative of the fact that KJU is taking this summit seriously and that the North Koreans really are serious about wanting to sit down.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

The only time I've seen something declassified in this fashion is an impromptu and ill-considered comment publicly, as in a speech or interview, certainly not as the result of a private, official meeting.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

It's rare that a president inadvertently makes public classified information, but if he did, it could then be considered declassified, even then, however, there is typically an inter-agency discussion about that. It's not like a magic wand is waved and it becomes thus.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

I think the credibility is gone, and I'm really sorry to say that, i don't think there is a crisis of credibility, I think it is shot, and I don't know how they ever get it back.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

I don't think there is a crisis of credibility, I think it is shot, and I don't know how they ever get it back.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

It's a stunning embarrassment for the FBI, no doubt about it.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

Everybody is getting used to that.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

The deal was limited by design, there would have been no way to get a deal if we lumped in everything else we don't like about Iran.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

In so doing, they learned that a specific request was made to excise that portion of the briefing. We do not know who made the request to edit the video or why it was made.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

There is an avenue of direct communication between the police department and the Russian government.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

While we certainly want to foster that engagement, I think you can all understand that real, long-term sustainable answers are not going to be legislated from Washington.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We have been aware of reports, not just in the press, that they may have obtained this capability, obviously, it's something that we take seriously. It's obviously something, clearly that we're mindful of.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

They focused on their shared pursuit of options to achieve ?a political transition and discussed the potential for future multilateral meetings on the topic.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We've seen the reports (of clashes), obviously concerned by them, we're looking into it and monitoring it closely. Obviously, our position ... of the right of peaceful protest remains the same.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

A Russian official in Baghdad this morning informed U.S. Embassy personnel that Russian military aircraft would begin flying anti-ISIL missions today over Syria, he further requested that U.S. aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these missions. We've seen media reporting that has suggested Russian missions have begun.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

He further requested that U.S. aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these missions. We've seen media reporting that has suggested Russian missions have begun.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

The United States had consistently urged China to release Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, most recently out of concern for his health. We hope Chinese authorities will investigate and make public the circumstances surrounding his death.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

We only know about these 15 emails because Sidney Blumenthal had them and provided them to the committee, so there was something to check them against.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I’m not going to get ahead of decisions that the secretary will or won’t make about the recommendations.

– John Kirby

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

The goal for this program is to get them to ... defend their communities, protect their own neighbors and then go on the offense against ISIL, nothing has changed about the policy that there is not going to be a U.S. military solution to Assad.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Our assessment is we could be ready sometime within the next four to six weeks to begin actual training.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

I think he's generally concerned that there could be at least at some level a breakdown in ethical behavior and in the demonstration of moral courage.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

They are a very dangerous group, they do want to threaten Western interests, including U.S. interests, and we do consider them a threat to the United States of America. We're watching them very closely.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

I'd be less than honest if I said that there hadn't been some adjustments already made because of the political uncertainty, we're just going to have to watch this closely going forward.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

They are a very dangerous group, they do want to threaten Western interests, including U.S. interests and we do consider them a threat to the United States of America. We're watching them very closely.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN 5 years ago World

We recognize we need to get a much better understanding of where things are going politically in Yemen before we can make any new decisions or move forward in any significant way on counter-terrorism in Yemen.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

I think if we continue to make the progress that we're making now, that we believe that we could start conducting some training of moderate opposition by early spring.

– John Kirby

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Whatever momentum they had been enjoying has been halted, has been blunted. That has stayed steady over the last couple of weeks, it's very much a contested environment, but what we don't see, what we haven't seen in the last several weeks has been any renewed offensive moves.

– John Kirby

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

We stand ready to assist in any way possible.

– John Kirby

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

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