Antony Blinken: “The administration continues to stress that Lebanon needs a president free of corruption who can unite the country and…”

Where we are our now is not in a good place. What we've seen in the last weeks and months is Iran is actually moving forward with this program.

We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.

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.