Antony Blinken: “What they most fear about us is our network of allies, because they do not really have them.”

The U.S. government was concerned Beijing was considering augmenting its support for Russia with 'everything from ammunition to the weapons themselves.'

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.

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The response we got was unfortunately not the yes that we were looking for. A yes that virtually the entire world has given.