Antony Blinken said...

The need for U.S. global leadership--and cooperation with allies and partners--has never been greater.

We see, I think this committee sees, corruption as being one of the most poisonous things that undermines democracies.

We are also asking Congress to fully fund the State Department's educational and cultural exchanges.

We have managed to move to a better trajectory politically to get back to a clearly mandated democratic government.