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Kirby after Iranian attack: US doesn’t seek wider war in the Middle East
White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 1, 2024. (Saul Loeb / AFP)
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the US isn’t seeking “a wider war in the region” after it assisted Israel to defend itself against Iran’s attack yesterday evening.
“We don’t seek an escalation,” Kirby says, but adds that US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their call last night that the US will continue to support Israel’s right to self-defense.
