John Kirby (admiral)
John F. Kirby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral serving as White House National Security Communications Advisor since 2022. He previously served in the Biden administration as Pentagon Press Secretary and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 2021 to 2022. He worked as a military and diplomatic analyst for CNN from 2017 to 2021. He served in the Obama administration as Pentagon Press Secretary from 2013 to 2015 and as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 2015 to 2017.
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- 1985Graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history
- 1986Commissioned in the Navy through Officer Candidate School
- 2000Earned a Master of Science degree in international relations from Troy State University
- 2012Appointed as the U.S. Navy's Chief of Information
- 2014Faced criticism for his handling of media relations during the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- 2015Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (lower half)
- 2015Received backlash for comments about China's actions in the South China Sea, which some viewed as inflammatory
- 2017Became the Pentagon Press Secretary and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
- 2021Appointed as National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House
- 2022Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (upper half)
- 2022Awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- 2022Criticized for perceived lack of transparency in Pentagon press briefings regarding the Ukraine conflict
- 2022Faced scrutiny over the Department of Defense's slow response to the Chinese spy balloon incident
- 2023Appointed as Assistant to the President and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications
- 2023Came under fire for initially downplaying the leak of classified Pentagon documents
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