Antony Blinken

We owe that to future diplomats, policymakers, military leaders, service members. We owe that to the American people.

We will hold the Taliban to its pledge to let people freely depart Afghanistan.

We will remain vigilant on monitoring to express ourselves and we will maintain robust counterterrorism capabilities in the region to neutralized those threats if necessary.

We`re operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban with the very real possibility of an ISIS k attack.

For the remaining roughly 1000 contacts that we had, who may be Americans seeking to leave Afghanistan, we`re aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day. There is no deadline on our work to help any remaining American citizens…

Based on our analysis, starting on august 14th when our evacuation operations began, there was then a population of as many as 6,000 American citizens in Afghanistan who wanted to leave.

I take responsibility. I know the president has said he takes responsibility. And I know all of my colleagues across government feel the same way.

I take responsibility. I know the President has said he takes responsibility.

They will not be forgotten. We certainly have points of incentive and points of leverage with a future Afghan government to help make sure that that happens.

Based on our analysis, starting on August 14th when our operations began, there was a population as many as 6,000 American citizens in Afghanistan who wanted to leave.

The secretary of state said he would look into it.

The United States views the regime's latest undemocratic authoritarian actions, driven by Ortega's fear of an electoral loss, as the final blow against Nicaragua's prospects for a free and fair election later this year.

the United States will be moving forward with the process to reopen our consulate in Jerusalem.

The more we and all democracies can show the world that we can deliver--for our people, for each other--the more we can refute the lie that authoritarian countries love to tell.

No period in modern history has been more peaceful or prosperous than the one since the United Nations was created.

When America does not lead on the global stage, others who do not necessarily have our best interests at heart fill the void.

We had vaccines in our stockpile, 80 million that we`re making available to countries around the world, we started doing that about a month ago.

They simply are not hearing the voices and will of the Cuban people. People deeply, deeply, deeply tired of the repression.

it's been the judgement across the board by our military leadership, uniform and civilian for many years.

the United States would be extremely well served by ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty.

It would be a very serious mistake for anyone to resort to anything other than peaceful means to resolve cross-strait differences.

the United States would be extremely well served by ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty.

President Biden plans to address their imprisonment with Putin.

This is a global responsibility. It's not just a U.S. responsibility, and ensuring that other countries meet their responsibilities is critical.

We're determined to get back to regular order with Congress when it comes to arms sales