White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that she expressed her deepest condolences to the three U.S. service members killed in a drone strike by Iranian-backed militants in Jordan. “I was fighting on behalf of Iran,” he said. This government. ”
Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked, “Has anything new happened since you spoke with Admiral Kirby in the last hour regarding the Biden administration’s response plan to what happened?”
Jean-Pierre said: “I have nothing new to report from what Admiral John Kirby shared with you about an hour or so ago. What I want to say is that obviously we are deeply saddened by our deepest condolences. My heart goes out to the families of those who have lost three brave soldiers, three brave men and women who are always fighting, three people who were fighting on behalf of this country. .It is the government of the American people.”
She went on to say, “As the president said yesterday when he was in South Carolina, obviously, what’s more important is that we lost those souls. We want their families, their friends. We are heartbroken. We must not forget that there are also wounded soldiers and troops. Our hearts go out to them. We wish to express our deepest condolences to them. Look, the admiral said, again, we will respond at our option. The first thing the president always has in mind is to make sure we protect our troops. So that’s changed. No. Of course I’m not going to set a schedule, but the president is thinking about the military. Yesterday was a very, very sad day.”
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