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On the recordSeptember 28, 2023
If you want to come up with the right policy position on an issue related to foreign affairs, talk to Antony Blinken first, and then do the opposite. We have all seen the Secretary's inability to be correct about any major foreign policy concern for the last 20 years, whether that be Iraq, Libya, Yemen, giving the Iranians $6 billion to deploy--as their president says, ``wherever they need it''--or in Afghanistan. He is undoubtedly one of the most professionally ineffective and incompetent individuals to hold the title of Secretary of State. But if incompetence by itself were sufficient grounds to a Senate-confirmed Cabinet official, the President would have very few advisers left. In the case of Secretary Blinken, it is about incompetence and perhaps outright corruption. For instance, Secretary Blinken received more than $5,000 in payment from the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who notably praised the Taliban. He received more than $5,000 for speaking at a bank opening in China. He offered advisory services to a Japanese company who invested heavily in a CCP company that was blacklisted by Trump. Let's take one more. Mr. Blinken's consulting firm, WestExec Advisors, it advertised its ability to help American colleges secure CCP donations without compromising their Pentagon research grants. Think about that. Usurping America's rules for engagement with the CCP.…
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Andy Ogles
Republican · Tennessee
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govinfo.gov
Sep 28, 2023

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