Antony Blinken

if I am confirmed to this job, I will view it as a significant measure of whether I succeeded or failed

a nation that leads 'not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.'

We are very much in the same place on that.

We believe strongly that we can do that, ensure that every American gets the vaccine but also help make sure that others around the world who want it have access to it.

The short answer, Senator, is I think that we can but I do not want to minimize the difficulty.

No foreign policy can be sustained without the informed consent of the American people.

Russia must face consequences for its actions, otherwise, it thinks they can continue to violate the international order.

We need to see much greater access to the region, accountability, an effort to put a dialogue in place.

Priority is making sure that our diplomats are safe and secure

The threat from within is a lack of institutions that can effectively manage the country, and we have to help the Ukrainians deal with that, too.

I think we would propose to review that immediately to make sure that what we are doing is not impeding the provision of humanitarian assistance.

The president-elect has been very clear that our charge would be to put democracy and human rights back at the center of American foreign policy.

That would be my expectation. I think what we want... is to come pretty quickly and talk to you about the way forward in Venezuela.

This is a matter, I think, of some real urgency.

Our commitment to Israel's security is sacrosanct and this is something that the president-elect feels very strongly.

The commitment to Taiwan is something that we hold to very strongly.

We have to redouble our efforts at home to secure a more perfect union for all Americans.

India has been very much a bipartisan success story over successive administrations.

I think something is out of whack.

The goal of the Chinese Communist Party is to be the world's predominant political--a geopolitical, military, and economic power and for the United States to decline in relation.

I had the privilege of serving as staff director of this committee for six years--working alongside a distinguished group of Senators.

We need to make sure that we are protecting the intellectual property that is produced in this country.

I do need--I would need to consult with the president-elect--I haven't had a chance to talk to him about this--when he is president to make a determination on sanctions.

I feel very strongly that I would have, as secretary of state, first and foremost, the priority of making sure that our personnel, wherever they are, are safe and secure but very high up in the--in a hierarchy of things that I need to be…

I do not, and I think that there is nothing, as I see it, inconsistent with making sure that we are doing everything possible, including the toughest possible sanctions to deal with Iranian support for terrorism, its own engagement in…