Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

Press Briefing Room

MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Welcome back to the briefing room, to your briefing room. We’ll be spending quite a bit of time together starting very shortly, and I very much look forward to that. But today, first, I have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st Secretary of State, Mr. Tony Blinken. So with no further ado, I turn it over to him.

SECRETARY BLINKEN: 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

Press Briefing Room

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  It’s great to be with you all today.  I’m here one more time, proudly, to talk about freedom and free societies.  And while America is not a perfect nation by any means, we always strive towards that more perfect union, trying to improve.  We remain the greatest nation in the history of civilization.

One of the good things that we do in this adm

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