The Independent’s White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg questioned John Kirby on the case of the Afghan war hero who fled to the UK on a small boat and is being threatened with deportation to Rwanda.<br /><br />Mr Feinberg pressed the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications on an email from the Air Force, which said the “publicity may invite more requests for support”.<br /><br />Mr Kirby denied there had been a policy change for support to Afghan refugees who had served in the war.<br /><br />The Independent has campaigned to give refuge to Afghan war heroes who served alongside British forces.
