Antony Blinken actually said...

I think it is a way of--strongly encouraging, countries to take steps that they need to take to improve the human rights picture.

Blinken emphasizes the importance of the human rights report in encouraging countries to improve.

03/22/2023

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I remain committed to enhancing U.S. and European energy security and to ensuring Russia cannot use energy as a coercive tool.

I think we should have as much transparency as we possibly can with whatever information we find.

I share that assessment. I think that is right, and it is, unfortunately, borne out by the facts.

Any entity involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks U.S. sanctions and should immediately abandon work on the pipeline.