White House Offers Reassurances on National Security Amid Speaker Fight

White House Offers Reassurances on National Security Amid Speaker Fight
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 28, 2022. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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One day after a State Department spokesperson warned that the ongoing Speaker of the House battle could eventually raise concerns related to the United States’ national security, a White House spokesperson offered a less alarming narrative.

“I don’t want to speculate about how long things would go before there would be some deeper concern about national security implications,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Jan. 6.

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