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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.

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Apr 25, 2024

But in order to actually realize this, there's going to have to be an end to the conflict in Gaza. And as I said, there's also going to have to be a resolution to the Palestinian question, or at least an agreement on how to resolve it.

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Apr 18, 2024

The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we're focused on, what the G7 is focused on -- and again, it's reflected in our statement and in our conversation -- is our work to de-escalate tensions.

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Apr 4, 2024

It's very important that Israel is taking full responsibility for this incident.

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Apr 4, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for an independent, thorough and fully publicized investigation.

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Apr 3, 2024

The President emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable.

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Apr 3, 2024

If we don't see the changes that we need to see, there'll be changes in our own policy.

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Mar 28, 2024

To date, Russia has provided no evidence of wrongdoing for a simple reason -- Evan did nothing wrong.

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Mar 14, 2024

The PRC is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it.

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Mar 14, 2024

The PRC is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it.

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Mar 13, 2024

The PRC is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it.

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Jan 28, 2024

I would argue that we have not seen a situation as dangerous as the one we're facing now across the region since at least 1973.

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Jan 21, 2024

Secretary Blinken was told by the Qatari Prime Minister that something like this is never going to happen.

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Jan 10, 2024

If the U.S. responded, if there was some kind of a more forceful military response from the United States, that that would be aimed at trying to avoid a broader regional conflict.

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Nov 30, 2023

That is absolutely imperative, and we saw Israel take steps immediately today to start to get information of people about where safe areas are, how they can -- how they can get out of harm's way.

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Nov 29, 2023

Israel has to take further efforts to protect civilians in Gaza when it resumes military action.

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Nov 28, 2023

I very much want to see the truce continues... it has opened up the release of all these hostages.

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Nov 15, 2023

I welcome the conversation between Presidents Biden and Xi.

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Nov 15, 2023

The G7 can meet the AI moment and that democratic systems can move quickly and deliver results for our citizens.

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Nov 15, 2023

I welcome the conversation between Presidents Biden and Xi.

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Nov 14, 2023

I welcome the conversation between Presidents Biden and Xi.

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Nov 14, 2023

The development of the 'International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems' by the G7, as a part of the G7 Hiroshima AI Process, is an important step in showing that the G7 can meet the AI moment and that…

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Nov 11, 2023

Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many have suffered.

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Nov 9, 2023

Far too many politicians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these past weeks.

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Nov 9, 2023

Much more needs to be done to protect civilians and to make sure that humanitarian assistance reaches them. Far too many Palestinians have been killed, far too many have suffered these past weeks.

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