The DB interview: White House Press Secretary clarifies U.S. involvement in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Reporter Kate C sat down for an exclusive interview with White House Press Secretary Joshua Earnest to get straight answers on U.S. involvement in Iraq.
Kate C: Thank you for sitting down with us today, Press Secretary Joshua Earnest.
Joshua Ernest: Please, call me Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
KC: Sure thing, Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Three U.S. troops have died in Iraq since 2014, the most recent being Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV in a firefight.
PSJE: Yes, terrible news for us here. Oh, and for everyone of course.
KC: But at Tuesday’s press conference you said U.S. troops “do not have a combat mission” in Iraq. Could you clarify “combat mission?”
PSJE: Excellent question. You’ll notice I use “quotation marks” a lot with my “hands” for this interview, but don’t pay too much “attention” to that.
KC: Got it. So the mission —
PSJE: You have to understand that “combat” and “mission” are just two words from a dictionary. What do they “really” mean? What are words even? Hard to s…
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