Antony Blinken actually said...

"We cannot abandon these people who put themselves on the line for the United States."

"I am grateful to the President for the privilege of this nomination and I am grateful to two past chairmen of this committee."

"I believe we have, and that is this program, addressed specifically to people in Iraq and in Afghanistan who have gone to work with us, who put their lives on the line for us, who put their families o..."

"These murderers represent the extremism that threatens to bring the region into a bloodbath."