Antony Blinken actually said...

"I too mourn the loss of so many innocent lives and fully respect that the Armenian-American community and the Armenian people want their pain and loss to be acknowledged."

"There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that the U.S. Government--and I--certainly recognize and deplore the mass killings and deportations that occurred in 1915."

"The president was exactly right. What we're doing is totally different than the last decade."

"The plan is to destroy it. But on the way, we first need to shrink it to a manageable problem."