White House Offers Reassurances on National Security Amid Speaker Fight

One day after a State Department spokesperson warned that the ongoing Speaker of the House battle could eventually raise concerns related to the United States’ national security, a White House spokesperson offered a less alarming narrative.
“I don’t want to speculate about how long things would go before there would be some deeper concern about national security implications,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Jan. 6.
“We’re confident that we can continue to defend the United States of America while House Republicans are working through this process,” he continued, adding that there are “vehicles in place” for national security-related communications between the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives….}