{"id":3080,"date":"2023-04-26T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:30:00","slug":"second-american-killed-in-sudan-biden-spox-kirby-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3080","title":{"rendered":"Second American killed in Sudan, Biden spox Kirby confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-3081\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158.png 816w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158-770x380.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158-293x145.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-158-390x193.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act in the State Dining Room at the White House on Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas\/Abaca Press\/TNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A second American has been killed in Sudan, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed on Wednesday. The U.S. citizen\u2019s death comes after Kirb<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/04\/biden-spox-kirby-says-not-safe-enough-to-evacuate-americans-stranded-in-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\">y said it was \u201cnot safe\u201d enough to evacuate Americans stranded in Sudan<\/a>\u00a0after the Biden administration evacuated U.S. government employees over the weekend.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the family,\u201d Kirby said during a virtual call with reporters,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/second-american-dead-sudan-white-house-national-security-council-spox-john-kirby-confirms\" target=\"_blank\">according to<\/a>\u00a0Fox News. \u201cWe continue to make clear at the highest levels of our government the leadership of both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces that they are responsible for ensuring the protection of civilians and noncombatants, including people from third countries and humanitarian staff that are working to save lives.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the call, Kirby highlighted the ceasefire organized by the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough there are some reports of violence and sporadic shelling and firing, we\u2019re glad to see that the levels of violence generally appear to have gone significantly down,\u201d he said. \u201cWe urge both military factions to fully uphold the ceasefire and to further extend it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve said this many, many times that the violence is simply unconscionable and it must stop. We\u2019ve got to do what\u2019s right for the Sudanese people,\u201d Kirby added. \u201cThey want a return to peace and security in Khartoum and around the country, and they want to see a transition to civilian authority. And we need to keep working at that.\u201d\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirby also said President Joe Biden \u201chas asked for every conceivable option to help as many Americans as possible,\u201d adding that the administration is \u201cactively facilitating the departure of a relatively small number of Americans who have indicated to us that they want to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This was a breaking news story. The details were periodically updated as more information became available.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/04\/second-american-killed-in-sudan-biden-spox-kirby-confirms\/\">https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/04\/second-american-killed-in-sudan-biden-spox-kirby-confirms\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second American has been killed in Sudan, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed on Wednesday. The U.S. citizen\u2019s death comes after Kirby said it was \u201cnot safe\u201d enough to evacuate Americans stranded in Sudan\u00a0after the Biden administration evacuated U.S. government employees over the weekend. \u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the family,\u201d Kirby said during a virtual call with reporters,\u00a0according to\u00a0Fox News. \u201cWe continue to make clear at the highest levels of our government the leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-president-biden"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3082,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions\/3082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}