Antony Blinken actually said...

"My first priority is the safety of our people. And I determined that the deteriorating security conditions in Khartoum posed an unacceptable risk to keeping our team there at this time."

"I believe me, Bishop Alvarez should be released and we'll continue to work on that."

"As we speak, it clearly has not."

"Trying to break this nexus between political elites and the gangs is critical."