Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Jakarta, Indonesia

U.S. Embassy Jakarta

AMBASSADOR KIM:  (Applause.)  Great.  Thank you very much.  That was an amazing performance.  I had no idea that our mission was so talented musically.

Look, I’m really excited and grateful that the Secretary is visiting us.  In fact, in warmly welcoming the Secretary to Indonesia yesterday, President Jokowi said the Secretary’s visit is a clear demonstration of America’s commitment

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Dakar, Senegal

U.S. Embassy

AMBASSADOR MUSHINGI:  Thank you.  Thank you very much.  I wonder which music is that?  (Laughter.)  I’ve heard it before, but I don’t remember where.

But anyway, it’s my great pleasure.  I’m delighted to see you all here for this special occasion and to give a warm welcome to our guests this afternoon.  It’s indeed a pleasure for me and for all of us to welcome Secretary Antony Blinken, colleagu

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Franklin Room

SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone.

Every day, thousands of American diplomats and development experts dedicate themselves to advancing the interests and representing the values of the American people.

Their service often comes with risk – both for our Foreign and Civil Service officers, and also at times for the loved ones who accompany them to posts around the world.

And

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Arlington, VA

Foreign Service Institute, George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center

MS NOYES:  Good morning and welcome.  My name is Julieta Valls Noyes and I am the acting director of the Foreign Service Institute.

Secretary Blinken, it’s a pleasure to welcome you back to FSI.  As you saw outside, we are in the process – or final stages of constructing a new building here on campus.  It will hou

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Bogotá, Colombia

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Hello, Mission Bogotá.  It is great to see all of you, and so good to see folks here together.  Again, to the band, it really does a sound a lot better than the last time I heard it.  (Laughter.)  Amazing.  Thank you.

Phil, Ambassador Goldberg, could have sworn he was here somewhere, thank you so much for your leadership of this miss

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Doha, Qatar

St. Regis Hotel

AMBASSADOR DESROCHER:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s great to see so many of you here today.  We also have colleagues in the multipurpose room back at the embassy.  I think we’ve got some people joining from Teams from elsewhere as well, trying to keep in mind all of our COVID protocols.

First of all, Mr. Secretary, thank you for making some time in what is a very busy and very pr

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.  There we go.  Mr. Chairman, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, all the committee members, thank you very much for coming together today and giving me this opportunity to talk about the administration’s proposed budget and how we believe it will help us achieve our national security priorities and deliver results for the American people

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, DC

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Great.  Thank you very much.  I appreciate it, and again, it’s really a pleasure to be with both of you and all the members of this committee, and I really appreciate this opportunity to talk about the administration’s proposed budget and how it will help achieve our national security priorities and deliver results for the American people, which is our common objective.

I do think this is a crit

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, DC

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member McCaul, all committee members, thank you very, very much for this opportunity to talk about our proposed budget and how it will help achieve our national security priorities and deliver results for the American people, which is what I know all of us are about.

This is a critical moment for the United States and our global leadership.

We face major tests – you’

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Kyiv, Ukraine

America House

MS KVIEN:  So it is my absolute pleasure and honor to welcome Secretary of State Tony Blinken to Kyiv today, and I’m really happy that he has taken the time to meet with all of us.  As many of you know – especially our local staff, I would say, who have been doing this a long time – Secretary Blinken knows Ukraine very well.  He’s visited many times in his years with the White House, the State Departme

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Via Teleconference

SECRETARY CLINTON:  So, Secretary Blinken, welcome.  I cannot express how pleased I am to have this chance to talk with you.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  I could not be happier to be able to spend some time with you.  I’ve had the good fortune to have spent a lot of time in these halls with you in the past, at the White House over many years, but it’s particularly fun to be connected via the

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