BREAKING: State Department Holds Press Briefing After Death Of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh In Iran

State Department Principal Vedant Patel held a press briefing on Wednesday after the death of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh.

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[joannmiller]

Taxpayers is paying this person's salary.. what a waste of money

[walidsleiman]

So in short he did not answer any question.
An insult to tax payers.

[vel]

Is it a requirement for all WH spokespersons to begin every answer with and then a bunch of ahs.

[vanessasilebi]

The incompetence of this man. We’re paying for this with our tax dollars and he is incapable of answering a single question

[astrega]

"I'm not gonna speculate, I don't have any information, I don't have any assessment" then why hold a press conference

[vanessasilebi]

Is there a single question that you can answer? This is ridiculous

[mic]

This guy has a great job. He doesn't answer anything.

[jakeortiz]

So basically he's said this press conference is for NOTHING

[johnhealy]

Unexceptable our nation did not take the man responsible for the Beirut marine barracks bombing out. He should have been held accountable years ago.

[Queencreole]

What is the point of even having this briefing if you’re not gonna say anything

[jeanetteevans]

Why have a press conference and not answer questions 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Rndm.Ca.Clips.]

He's told us plenty of what he's not gonna do huh

[sandybridge]

Wow, more useless BS from the state dpt, why did you even feel like posting this?

[vanessasilebi]

Talks are over. Nobody cares about the hostages

[Rentcollector]

So… I just want to be clear…under this administration we would NEVER harm our secret friends Hamas or Iran. Obama would never ok this action 😂😂😂

[rumchata]

Germany was in the same place America is today for the same exact reason

[MegaTank]

If these journalists had any integrity or backbone they would All walk out after his first " I won't speculate" answer. But the won't, they enable him to get away with this BS

[martymalek]

Is he allowed to speculate on dinner tonight?

[blackchild]

I like how are government has unwavering commitment for Israel, but no commitment for us. its cool United States of Israel Im just American you unite with them I good. We seen what he said about us. Thank you we need this

[majeedyousif]

When it comes to Israeli criminal actions, the US state department has no opinion, just a spectator.