Antony Blinken

There is no doubt that the people of Gaza--children, women, men--are experiencing an acute humanitarian crisis.

If Israel launches a major military operation into Rafah then there are systems we are not going to be supporting and supplying for that operation.

I agree wholeheartedly with the short litany of items that you listed in terms of what China is doing to try to pursue its military, economic, diplomatic, preeminence or dominance in the world and across the board.

This has to be, and it is for us, a number one priority.

But even if we were to conclude those agreements, and I believe we actually can conclude them relatively quickly given all the work that has been done, they could not go forward, and the overall package could not go forward absent other…

I applaud you for what you did with that, for the leadership on that. It has made a big difference.

The power of the gangs needs to be ended once and for all.

We have managed to move to a better trajectory politically to get back to a clearly mandated democratic government.

Haiti has been teetering on the precipice of all out crisis and becoming a failed state.

We see, I think this committee sees, corruption as being one of the most poisonous things that undermines democracies.

In the Middle East, we're standing with Israel in its efforts to ensure what happened on October 7th never happens again.

The need for U.S. global leadership--and cooperation with allies and partners--has never been greater.

Our investment abroad does not come at the expense of our strength at home. Far from it.

That is an enormous return on our investment and essential for competing with China around the world.

We have delivered essential American aid to Ukraine, and we have rallied the international community to share the burden with us.

Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we were 3 years ago.

U.S. leadership is needed to address humanitarian crises elsewhere around the world including in Sudan and Haiti, where millions have been displaced and many killed, and to address global issues that no country can solve alone, including…

The People's Republic of China is pursuing military, economic, and geopolitical preeminence, challenging our vision for a free, open, secure, and prosperous international order.

In the Middle East, we are standing with Israel and its efforts to ensure that what happened on October 7 never happens again as we do everything we can to bring an end to the terrible human suffering in Gaza and prevent the conflict from…

Russia is committing aggression not only against Ukraine but against the principles at the heart of the United Nations Charter--sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence--that are the building blocks for global peace and security.

Your State Department on the morning of October 7 sent out a tweet telling Israel not to engage in military retaliation.

That statement is incorrect.

We have offered them nothing not to invade Rafah except a plan to deal more effectively with Rafah.

We have done and we will continue to do everything we can to, if we can do it, develop the information and share the information.

Given the horrible acts that he engaged in both as a judge and as president, to the extent he can no longer engage in them, yes, the Iranian people are probably better off.