Antony Blinken: “I want to see us be able to reestablish an ongoing presence in Libya.”

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…

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Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we were 3 years ago.

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.