Antony Blinken: “We found that actually wasn't so effective. We were not the best messenger in this space.”

That statement is incorrect.

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 bottom line is this: We want Ukraine to win.

Today, Secretary Blinken said that, now, they mostly want to see is 'people being able to return their homes.'