Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Doha, Qatar

St. Regis Hotel

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, two decades, trillions of dollars, thousands of lives. Was it how it should have been ended?

SECRETARY BLINKEN: I think that’s the question I’m sure that we’ll be asking and answering for some time to come. But there are a few important things here. First, we have to start with why we went to Afghanistan in the first place, and that was after 9/11 to dea

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Regions: Afghanistan, United Kingdom

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy

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

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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

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, DC

C Street Lobby Harry S Truman Building

AMBASSADOR SMITH:  Good morning, everyone, and welcome.  It is my honor and privilege today to welcome back to the Department of State our new Secretary of State Tony Blinken.  Secretary Blinken is a familiar face in these halls having served previously first in the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs and most recently as Deputy Secretary of State.  He is, as we say in the

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Regions: Canada , United States

Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

KING DAVID HOTEL

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU:  We just had a very intimate and productive conversation overlooking the walls of Jerusalem, and it reminded me of how deep and profound your tie is to the Jewish state.  I gave you a Bible as a gift, and I said that the people of the book have not had a better friend, and I mean it.  And I want to also express my appreciation for our personal friendship and everything

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Regions: France , Iran , Israel , Lebanon , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy