Antony Blinken actually said...

"The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively through its brutal war against Ukraine."

"I share the concern about that, and we have been asking the Mexican Authorities... about the military and police presence there."

"I think it is a very mixed report, but what is important about it is, it continues to put a spotlight on these challenges."

"We need an additional number of civil and foreign service employees to scale up the Indo-Pacific strategy, and to out-compete China."