Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Feb. 3, 2015. Kirby provided an update on the ongoing fight against the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant, or ISIL. He also read a statement from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, expressing his condolences to the family of Jordanian air force fighter pilot 1st Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh and fellow Jordanian citizens for the pilot's murder by ISIL militants.