We are committed to longer term stability, opportunity, human development, making the investments in health and education, in economic empowerment and democratic governance
Antony Blinken
The Public Record
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.
We will make, as we have, other arrangements in other places to make sure that we can conduct the necessary missions to ensure our security.
Feed the Future that USAID runs is one of the most important programs that we have in the government.
It does hurt us and it is imperative that we get ambassadors confirmed and here is why.
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.
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.
What has happened here at home, the investments that we have made in ourselves with the leadership of Congress, particularly when it comes to infrastructure, when it comes to the CHIPS and Science Act, when it comes to the Inflation…
The shameful equivalence implied between Hamas and the leadership of Israel, I think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement.
Haiti has been teetering on the precipice of all out crisis and becoming a failed state.
Our ability to be able, with other countries, to help identify it, to root it out, but also to help countries develop the institutions and the processes necessary to guard against corruption in their institutions and their governance we…
The need for U.S. global leadership--and cooperation with allies and partners--has never been greater.
Doing so will support our economy through the export of our technology products.
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.
The investments we make today will be the ones to help deal with a lot of the challenges when it comes to democracy
We can use these instruments to facilitate the private sector playing the role.
There is no question that countries around the world prefer to work with us.
Our investment abroad does not come at the expense of our strength at home. Far from it.
We have delivered essential American aid to Ukraine, and we have rallied the international community to share the burden with us.
We have impressed upon Israel time and again the imperative of really bringing a determined focus to this.
We have worked in new and effective ways to deal with that, to push back against that.





