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Antony Blinken

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Antony Blinken is the 71st United States Secretary of State, having been appointed by President Joe Biden in January 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Blinken has played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, focusing on issues such as international alliances, climate change, and global security. He previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor during the Obama administration, where he was involved in key diplomatic initiatives, including the Iran nuclear deal.

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Mar 18, 2015

We have to have, and we will have for there to be any agreement, the most exceptional intrusive monitoring.

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Mar 18, 2015

It is not a question of good faith.

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Mar 18, 2015

We will insist that the IAEA have the access it must have in order to do its job and to verify.

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Mar 18, 2015

The administration's support for Israel is absolutely unshakable. We have done more for Israel's security over the last 6 years.

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Mar 18, 2015

Congress will eventually have to decide whether to lift U.S. sanctions.

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Mar 18, 2015

At the end of the day, again, we have to deal with--and by the way, I should say we don't accept the proposition that they would get a nuclear weapon.

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Feb 10, 2015

We have to go through Russia in the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council.

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Feb 10, 2015

We still believe that there have to be areas of tactical cooperation that we maintain.

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Feb 10, 2015

The United States will stand with Israel. We will defend it, and we will challenge every instance of unfair treatment throughout the United Nations.

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Feb 10, 2015

We are not interested in sanctions that are hurting the Russian economy for the sake of sanctions.

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Jan 26, 2015

Congress has to play a central role, if we get to an agreement, to make sure that Iran lives up to its commitments.

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Jan 26, 2015

the Americans who are detained illegally, erroneously, wrongly by Iran need to be released irrespective of these negotiations

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