Antony Blinken actually said...

"I believe that there is nothing that our strategic competitors like China or Russia would have liked more than for President Biden to have reupped the war in Afghanistan."

"It certainly runs counter to those goals, whenever there are civilian casualties, whenever there are unintended injuries or deaths."

"the department`s regular and close engagement with regional partners, particularly with Qatari authorities."

"They said that they will let people with travel documents freely depart, we will hold them to that."