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.
This brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has underscored to me the power and the purpose of American diplomacy.
Your support also helped meet the mounting costs caused by the Kremlin's brutal invasion in Ukraine itself, across Europe, around the world.
I'm here to talk about our budget. I'm here to talk about our foreign policy.
I know, share the objective that it never acquire a nuclear weapon and that it cease the egregious actions that it is undertaking.
We are deeply grateful to our allies and partners who helped in this effort to bring him home.
I think there is a growing strategic convergence between the United States and India.
I think this partnership has the potential to be one of the most important and foundational partnerships that we have going forward, over the next decades.
I can say with authority that our partners in Israel feel the same way. They would support our rejoining UNESCO.
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Thanks to the tremendous support, generosity of the American people, through this Congress, we have been able to date to provide the Ukrainians with exceptional support.
I think she is known to many Members of this Committee, and hopefully she will be confirmed quickly once she is sent formally to the Senate.
We are back on the Human Rights Council we were able to actually lead in the creation of this Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine.
Winning is going to be defined by the Ukrainians, and we will support whatever they decide is in their interest.
Moscow's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has brought into sharp focus the power and purpose of American diplomacy.
It is the fundamental right of these countries to decide their own future and their own destiny.