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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning, everyone.
AUDIENCE: Good morning.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home.
Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
PRIME MINISTER HU’AKAVAMEILIKU: (In Tongan.)
It is a great honor to warmly welcome to the Kingdom of Tonga the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Antony Blinken. The visit today by Secretary Blinken is historic. It is the first visit by a sitting U.S. secretary of state to Tonga. It is the highest-level visit we have received from the United States Government in our recent history. There is a clear indication t
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
Press Briefing Room
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Welcome. Today I want to discuss a theme that deserves far more attention, and that is that America is a force for good in the world.
Last week the World Food Programme was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and improve conditions for peace around the world.
The WFP is run by Executive Director David Bea
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, DC
SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you, Nicolas. Thanks for the couple words in English there. I appreciate that.
Good morning, everyone. Good to see you, Secretary General. Rosemary, thank you for your comments this morning. I would like to say you made some comments about humanitarian assistance inside of Iran. The United States has tried to facilitate that, in light of the COVID issues inside of Iran. Indeed, we of
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