Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Hi, everybody. Good afternoon, right? All right. Good afternoon, everyone. I hope you guys enjoyed a long holiday weekend. It’s good to see everyone here. Today I’m joined by John Kirby, who is the National Security Council — was it — Coordinator for Strategic Communications. I got to get that right. And he’s happy to take a few questions. I know there’s been some news out there in his world. So, why don’t you take it away. MR. KIRBY: Thank you, Karine. Just a couple things at the top, everybody. I think you saw this morning that the administration announced important policy changes with respect to anti-personnel landmines. After conducting a comprehensive policy review, the United States is now joining the vast majority of countries around the world in committing to limit the use of anti-personnel landmines. The use of these weapons put more civilians at risk of being injured by unexploded mines, including children, long after the fighti