Antony Blinken actually said...

"I am determined that we bring him home, as well. We are not letting up in that effort in the least."

"This is, as Chairman Leahy said, a very, very dramatic problem that already existed of course, and has been exacerbated by Russia's aggression, by the invasion."

"I think she is known to many Members of this Committee, and hopefully she will be confirmed quickly once she is sent formally to the Senate."

"Moscow's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has brought into sharp focus the power and purpose of American diplomacy."