Antony Blinken: “if Russia pulls back and pursues diplomacy, we stand ready to do the same.”

We are the lead provider of emergency food assistance to people around the world.

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.

We need to keep up this momentum. That requires a State Department budget that we fully resource.

We can use these instruments to facilitate the private sector playing the role.