"In
this role, Kirby will coordinate interagency efforts to explain
United States policy and will serve as a senior administration
voice on related matters, including as appropriate at the White
House podium," the White House said.
Kirby, who has been the face of Pentagon briefings including
during the Ukraine invasion in recent months, was previously at
the State Department and also served as Pentagon Press Secretary
to former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Sandra
Maler)
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