State Department spokesman on Venezuela response, Iran negotiations

NPR | By Christopher Harland-Dunaway,

Published June 26, 2026 at 3:22 PM CDT

A conversation with Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department.

Christopher Harland-Dunaway

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Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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