John Kirby is the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council. Since the Hamas attack on Israel, John has been the face of this administration’s public-facing response and he has been doing a phenomenal job explaining how President Biden is responding. Prior to his current position, John served in the US Navy as a rear admiral, was the Spokesperson for the State Department under President Obama from 2015 to 2017, and was the Press Secretary at the Pentagon for the first year and a half of the Biden administration.