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  • Secretary Antony J. 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

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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

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Atlantic Council’s Front Page Pride Edition Virtual Conversation with Jonathan Capehart on “Pressing for Equality: Engaging on LGBTQI Issues Around the World”

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    MR CAPEHART: Hello and welcome to this special edition of AC Front Page, the Atlantic Council’s premier live ideas platform for global leaders. I’m Jonathan Capehart, a journalist with The Washington Post and MSNBC. Thank you for joining us today.

    Across the country and around the world, the month of June is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing the LGBTQI community from all walks of life. However, both at hom

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq , Russia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • U.S. Assistance for the Palestinian People

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    As I announced yesterday, the United States is in the process of providing more than $360 million in assistance to the Palestinian people. This includes $38 million in new assistance to support humanitarian efforts in the West Bank and Gaza.  This new assistance includes nearly $33 million for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its West Bank and Gaza operations, and an additional $5.5 million to humanit

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    Regions: United States , West Bank

    Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Birta Bjornsdottir of Rikisutvarpio

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center

    QUESTION: So welcome to Iceland, Mr. Blinken.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. It’s wonderful to be here.

    QUESTION: You met with Iceland’s – Icelandic officials yesterday. Both our prime minister and our president said in interviews after meeting with you that they felt kind of more harmony with the foreign policy of the new

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    Regions: France , Iceland , Israel , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • The United States Restores Assistance for the Palestinians

    Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    The United States is pleased to announce that, working with Congress, we plan to restart U.S. economic, development, and humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people.  This includes $75 million in economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza, $10 million for peacebuilding programs through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and $150 million in humanitarian assistance for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).  We are

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    Regions: Syria , United States , West Bank

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

    Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Today, I was honored to convene the Trump Administration’s third meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a cabinet-level entity that consists of 20 agencies across the federal government responsible for coordinating U.S. efforts to combat all forms of human trafficking. I was joined by Deputy Secretary Biegun and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump.

    Task Force members underscored the Administrati

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    Regions: China, Georgia , United States

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Human Rights and Democracy

  • Secretary Michael R. Pompeo at a Press Availability on the Release of the 2019 International Religious Freedom Report

    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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    Regions: Albania , Burma , China, Denmark , France , Greenland , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Mali , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Suriname , United Kingdom , United States , Uzbekistan , Western Hemisphere

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Remarks to the Press At a Press Availability

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    Regions: China, Indonesia , Iran , Israel , Italy , Korea, North , Sri Lanka , Syria , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • U.S. Foreign Assistance in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • U.S. Foreign Assistance in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Israel: Central to the Middle East’s Future

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    Regions: Brazil , Cyprus , Egypt , Greece , Iran , Israel , Nauru , Oman , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Western Hemisphere

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Liberating Africa’s Entrepreneurs

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    Regions: Angola , Chad , Ethiopia , Rwanda , Senegal , South Africa , Togo , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Freedom First in 2020

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    Regions: United States

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