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Press Sec Jean-Pierre To Deliver First Presser Since Aug 12 Shortly

WHITE HOUSE

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is shortly due to deliver the first White House press conference since August 12. LIVESTREAM

  • The presser will be the first opportunity for some time for reporters to grill the Press Secretary on key foreign policy issues.
  • On the Israel-Hamas war, Jean-Pierre is likely to face questions on the US response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish news conference yesterday, where he doubled down on a pledge to maintain an IDF presence in the Philadelphi Corridor. Netanyahu's comments appear in direct conflict with the parameters of the ceasefire proposal, outlined by President Biden on May 31, which is currently under negotiation.
  • On Ukraine, Jean-Pierre will likely be pressed on whether the White House will reconsider restrictions on US-supplied weapons in light of a Russian air strike that killed dozens in eastern Ukraine today. The strike is part of a sustained missile barrage that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says can be mitigated if the US allows Kyiv to strike targets within Russia.

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