Antony Blinken
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Antony Blinken is the 71st United States Secretary of State, having been appointed by President Joe Biden in January 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Blinken has played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, focusing on issues such as international alliances, climate change, and global security. He previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor during the Obama administration, where he was involved in key diplomatic initiatives, including the Iran nuclear deal.
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. government was concerned Beijing was considering augmenting its support for Russia with 'everything from ammunition to the weapons themselves.'
— Antony Blinken
We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.
Today, Secretary Blinken said that, now, they mostly want to see is 'people being able to return their homes.'
Where we are our now is not in a good place. What we've seen in the last weeks and months is Iran is actually moving forward with this program.
The response we got was unfortunately not the yes that we were looking for. A yes that virtually the entire world has given.
I can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our Egyptian counterparts were in communication with Hamas as early, as recently as a few hours ago.
The United States and other world leaders stand by that comprehensive proposal that President Biden laid out 10 days ago.
U.S. leadership is needed to address humanitarian crises elsewhere around the world including in Sudan and Haiti, where millions have been displaced and many killed, and to address global issues that no country can solve alone, including…
We have done and we will continue to do everything we can to, if we can do it, develop the information and share the information.
The People's Republic of China is pursuing military, economic, and geopolitical preeminence, challenging our vision for a free, open, secure, and prosperous international order.
It is vital that we provide a better choice, and we do that by doing a few things.
Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we were 3 years ago.
The need for U.S. global leadership--and cooperation with allies and partners--has never been greater.
We are the lead provider of emergency food assistance to people around the world.
The extremely wrongheaded decision by the ICC prosecutor yesterday... complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement.
In the Middle East, we are standing with Israel and its efforts to ensure that what happened on October 7 never happens again as we do everything we can to bring an end to the terrible human suffering in Gaza and prevent the conflict from…
I am not going to apologize to anyone for standing up for American workers and American companies.
We have delivered essential American aid to Ukraine, and we have rallied the international community to share the burden with us.
We have managed to move to a better trajectory politically to get back to a clearly mandated democratic government.





