On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby defended the waiver of sanctions that allow Iraq to purchase energy from Iran “to make sure that the Iraqi people have the power and the energy that they need to subsist and to survive themselves economically.” He also maintained, “We have put a lot of pressure on Iran.”
Co-host Bill Hemmer asked, “In light of Saturday’s events, where Iran hit Israel for the first time — or at least tried, anyway, those that got through — is it time to rethink allowing Iran access to billions of dollars in electricity sales between Iraq and Iran? Will that policy be stopped, sir?”
Kirby answered, “As you know, that’s
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