Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Austin, Texas

The University of Texas at Austin

MR EDGAR:  All right.  Welcome, everyone.  Please, if you haven’t already, take your seats, and we’ll begin the program shortly.  My name is Paul Edgar, and I am the interim executive director of the Clements Center for National Security.  On behalf of the Clements Center and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, welcome to a conversation on the state of foreign aff

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington D.C.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 11:00 am

THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.

MR PRICE:  Good morning.  Welcome to the Department of State’s Washington Foreign Press Center.  My name is Ned Price; I’m the spokesperson here at the Department of State.  And I’m especially pleased to be with you here today in person, the first time we’ve been able to hold an in-person press briefin

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, DC

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good morning, everyone, and thanks to each of our leaders for being here today.  To those joining us from around the world, welcome.  I hope to spend as much of this time in discussion with you, so let me be brief at the start.  But I want to say why meeting with young leaders at the Summit for Democracy is so important to us and to me.

One of President Biden’s top priorities is ensuring that the voices o

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Bogotá, Colombia

Grand Hyatt Hotel

MR GALLO:  Good morning, everyone.  Buenos dias casi tardes.  We are live from Bogotá, Colombia.  We are here with Mr. Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State of the United States of America.  My name is Luis Gallo.  I’m a Colombian American journalist.  It’s an honor to be here with all of y’all.  Hello, Mr. Secretary.  Welcome to Colombia today.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

The United States is launching a new visa restriction authority as part of our effort to help the people of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador improve their political, economic, and security conditions.  Too often, such improvements run up against the obstacles of corruption and impunity.  Poor governance undermines the talents and resources of Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Salvadorans, undercutting their ability to build a future and motivating some to instea

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

San Jose, Costa Rica

Casa Presidencial

MODERATOR:  (Via interpreter)  Good afternoon.  On behalf of the people of Costa Rica, we would like to give a warm welcome to our presidential home to the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. Antony Blinken, and his distinguished delegation.  We would like to greet Mr. President, Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, the ministers and leaders of the Republic of Costa Rica, and the media for

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member McCaul, thank you so much for your warm welcome.  It’s very, very good to be back before this committee, to be back in this room.  And I really do appreciate the opportunity to talk today about the foreign policy goals and priorities of the Biden-Harris administration and some of the early work that we’ve done to try to achieve them.

As I have said before, I am com

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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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