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Blinken at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s (NSCAI) Global Emerging Technology Summit Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, DC Mayflower Hotel SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you all very, very much. It is actually wonderful to be in a room with real people – (laughter) – with friends, with colleagues and without masks too. So in and of itself, that’s a very positive thing. But there is a lot to be positive about today, and it starts with the remarkable work of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, esp Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Japan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Lucia Duraccio of RAI TG1 Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Rome, Italy Villa Taverna QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, Russia is considered the mind of cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns that try to destabilize Western democracies. What is, in your opinion, the goal of Moscow? And what – which is the best way to fight? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, it’s hard to say what Russia’s goal is because it’s hard to put oneself in – necessarily the mind of Russian leade Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Cuba , Iran , Israel , Italy , Korea, North , Russia , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken and High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell After Their Meeting Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium Berlaymont HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: I’m very pleased to welcome Secretary Blinken in person here in Brussels after our initial virtual exchanges. Today we open a new chapter in our relations marked by stronger cooperation on key foreign policy and security issues. I’m happy to see that our meeting confirms that a strong European Union-U.S. partnership is crucial to support democratic values as well as glo Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, China, Ethiopia , Iran , Russia , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance At the Virtual Launch of the Inaugural U.S.-UAE Strategic Dialogue Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. MR LENDERKING: Good evening to those in Abu Dhabi, and good morning to those in Washington, D.C. 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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, DC
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone, and thanks to each of our leaders for being here today. To those joining us from around the world, welcome. I hope to spend as much of this time in discussion with you, so let me be brief at the start. But I want to say why meeting with young leaders at the Summit for Democracy is so important to us and to me.
One of President Biden’s top priorities is ensuring that the voices o
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Mayflower Hotel
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you all very, very much. It is actually wonderful to be in a room with real people – (laughter) – with friends, with colleagues and without masks too. So in and of itself, that’s a very positive thing.
But there is a lot to be positive about today, and it starts with the remarkable work of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, esp
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Rome, Italy
Villa Taverna
QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, Russia is considered the mind of cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns that try to destabilize Western democracies. What is, in your opinion, the goal of Moscow? And what – which is the best way to fight?
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, it’s hard to say what Russia’s goal is because it’s hard to put oneself in – necessarily the mind of Russian leade
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Brussels, Belgium
Berlaymont
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: I’m very pleased to welcome Secretary Blinken in person here in Brussels after our initial virtual exchanges. Today we open a new chapter in our relations marked by stronger cooperation on key foreign policy and security issues. I’m happy to see that our meeting confirms that a strong European Union-U.S. partnership is crucial to support democratic values as well as glo
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
MR LENDERKING: Good evening to those in Abu Dhabi, and good morning to those in Washington, D.C. Welcome to the virtual launch of the U.S.-UAE Strategic Dialogue and the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding.
We are pleased to be joined by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates; His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Eurovision Studio
QUESTION: But let me ask you how it went. You’re fresh from the Vatican. How did it go this morning with the cardinals? What progress did you make?
SECRETARY POMPEO: Look, we had a constructive discussion. We have a shared objective. The Chinese Communist Party is behaving in ways that are reminiscent of what’s only happened in centuries past in terms of human rights violation
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New York
QUESTION: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in New York City today to formally inform the United Nations Security Council of the restart of some sanctions, snapback sanctions, against Iran. These are related to the 2015 nuclear deal with that country. America says Iran is in violation of the deal. As you know, the U.S. itself abandoned it about two years ago.
Secretary Pompeo joins us now. He’s a trooper. We persev
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Fuad Hussein, Iraqi Foreign Minister
Dean Acheson Auditorium
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Wallenstein Palace
Prague, Czech Republic
MR VYSTRCIL: (Via interpreter) The minister, chairman of the senate, president of the chamber of deputies, senators, members of the parliament, Mr. Secretary, members of the government, Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, dear guests:
It’s been 30 years – it was in 1990, in Washington, in the American Congress – 1990 – when President Vaclav Havel delivered a speech at the Congress.
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Via Teleconference
QUESTION: Welcome back to the Ben Shapiro Show. I’m Michael Knowles filling in. I’m host of the Michael Knowles Show podcast, which you can get on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, all over the place. You can find me on Twitter, @MichaelJKnowles. Obviously we’ve been focused on a lot of domestic issues over the past few days and weeks and months. We seem to be very focused on what’s going on in the United States.
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Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I send my congratulations to the citizens of Belgium on your national day.
The United States and Belgium share a deep and longstanding friendship, which continues to thrive based on close people-to-people ties and shared values of freedom and democracy. Belgium’s scientific contributions to counter the global COVID-19 pandemic have supported our shared goals of health and economic
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