Antony Blinken: “The budget will help us push back on advancing authoritarianism and democratic backsliding by strengthening democracies…”

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

We are so happy that you're out and you're on your way home.

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