Antony Blinken

The president's visit here to Israel is intended to make crystal clear that the United States is committed to Israel's defense.

It is critical that aid begin flowing into Gaza as soon as possible.

To that end, he's deployed two aircraft carrier groups and other military assets to the region.

President Biden will again make clear as he has done unequivocally since Hamas' slaughter of more than 1,400 people, including at least 30 Americans that Israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from Hamas and other…

The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with Israel and our ironclad commitment to its security.

Israel has the right, indeed it has the obligation, to defend its people and to try to ensure that Hamas can never repeat what it's done. We continue to discuss with Israel the importance of taking every possible precaution to avoid…

How Israel does is matters, with democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard.

The prime minister and I discussed how Israel does this matters. We democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard, even when it's difficult, and holding ourselves to account when we fall short. Our…

How this is conducted is what defines democracies

Israel has the right, indeed the obligation to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again.

I understand on a personal level the harrowing echoes that Hamas' massacres carry for Israeli Jews, indeed for Jews everywhere.

He told reporters that efforts are ongoing, but admitted they are in his words, understandably complicated.

A tremendous amount of aid and assistance already in the pipeline. Back under President Obama, we signed a so-called memorandum of understanding with Israel that provides it with $3.8 billion a year in defense assistance.

It's very unfortunate that some are playing politics at a time when so many lives have been lost and Israel remains under attack.

It's no surprise that those who are opposed to the talks, those who are opposed to Israel normalizing its relations with its neighbors and with countries beyond the region, are Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

Iran and Hamas have a long relationship. Hamas wouldn't be Hamas without the support it's had for many years from Iran.

This is the worst attack on Israel since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, almost exactly 50 years ago.

In the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. This new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum.

We are determined, the United States, to continue to walk side by side of Kyiv.

We've been very focused on trying to put in place what's necessary for a multinational force, including finding a lead nation to take this on.

This is about their land. This is about their future. This is about their freedom, not Russia's.

This is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that Putin has written for himself and for Russia. Economically, militarily, its standing in the world, all of those things have plummeted.

What we've seen is extraordinary. Think about it this way, 16 months ago, Russian forces were on the doorstep of Kiev in Ukraine, believing they would take the capital in a matter of days and erase the country from – from the map as an…

Secretary of State Tony Blinken, he is slated to appear on several Sunday shows, including CNN State of the Union.

The United States continues to support Ukraine. It's steadfast in that support and it'll continue to work with its allies and its partners to track this situation.