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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Dean Acheson Auditorium
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s genuinely a pleasure to welcome Foreign Secretary Cameron here to the State Department, to Washington. The infamous special relationship has never been more important than it is now, and I think that’s reflected in the conversations we’ve had. Actually, we began on the phone almost immediately after your appointment, then we were in Brussels together jus
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
NATO Headquarters
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone.
In March of 2021, I came here to NATO to affirm President Biden’s commitment to rebuild, to revitalize, to re-energize our core alliances and partnerships. Indeed, they’re our greatest strategic asset: an unmatched network of alliances and partnerships.
And I did this at NATO because some back then were questioning its relevance, its capa
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
European Council Building
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels. We just had a very good bilateral meeting marking our great transatlantic cooperation. Now we will co-chair the EU-U.S. Energy Council, and later we will see each other also at the NATO Ministerial.
Allow me some words about our bilateral discussion. Certainly
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Wendy R. Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State
Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Director of the German Marshall Fund
Irene Braam, Executive Director of the Bertelsmann Foundation
Provided courtesy of the German Marshall Fund
Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Paris office: Good afternoon, and good morning to all of you who are joining us from both sides of the Atlantic. I am Alexandra De Hoop Scheffer, director o
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels Media Hub
Brussels, Belgium
QUESTION: We begin this morning with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Brussels. Good morning, Mr. Secretary.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: John, good to see you.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, the President wrote in The Washing
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels Media Hub
Brussels, Belgium
QUESTION: And joining us now, the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Fox News Sunday.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thanks, Chris. It’s great to be with you.
QUESTION: This trip is building up to I guess the climax, the meeting with Russian President Putin in Geneva on Wednesday. Here’s what Putin said this week about relations between the U.S. and Russia. Take a look:
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels Media Hub
Brussels, Belgium
QUESTION: Joining me now is the U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken. Thank you so much for joining me. Let me first ask about one of President Biden’s key goals in this summit – uniting the Western democracies around countering China’s influence, especially around the goal of building infrastructure around the world.
So the Whit
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Lloyd J. Austin, Secretary of Defense
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General
Brussels, Belgium
NATO Headquarters
MODERATOR: Good evening. Welcome to NATO Headquarters, to this press conference with the Secretary General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. They will make short introductory statements, and then we’ll be able to take a few questions. Secretary General.
SECRETARY
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
NATO Headquarters
QUESTION: Thank you so much, Mr. Secretary, for joining me. I want to start with a speech this week that you gave. You listed China first among the military and non-military threats to the United States. This comes, of course, after you clashed with Chinese officials in Anchorage last week. China is challenging the U.S. on cybersecurity, economics, and with its milit
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
Berlaymont
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: I’m very pleased to welcome Secretary Blinken in person here in Brussels after our initial virtual exchanges. Today we open a new chapter in our relations marked by stronger cooperation on key foreign policy and security issues. I’m happy to see that our meeting confirms that a strong European Union-U.S. partnership is crucial to support democratic values as well as glo
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
Berlaymont
PRESIDENT VON DER LEYEN: Good afternoon. I am delighted to welcome the U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken to the European Commission. The United States is an important and valued partner for the European Union, and we want to forge a new EU-U.S. global agenda to meet the challenges, but also to seize the opportunities of our time. And Tony, your presence here today is a very clear sign that we s
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
NATO Headquarters Agora
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon.
A few weeks ago, not long after becoming Secretary as State, I spoke directly to the American people. I said that my number one job is to ensure that America’s foreign policy delivers for them – that it makes their lives more secure, creates opportunities for their families and communities, and addresses the global challenges that are increasing
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Brussels, Belgium
NATO Headquarters
MS BALFOUR: Good morning. Good morning from Brussels, NATO’s Headquarters. My name is Rosa Balfour. I’m the director of Carnegie Europe and I’m absolutely delighted to be moderating this conversation between Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on strengthening the transatlantic bond. The occasion is provided by the first visit of the Secretary of State
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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
NATO HEADQUARTERS
SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, welcome to NATO headquarters.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you.
SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: It’s really great to see you here. And you have decades of foreign policy experience and national security experience, and I know you have a strong personal commitment to NATO, to the transatla
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
QUESTION: Joining us now to talk about foreign policy now and in the future, the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo. Mr. Secretary, thanks for the time.
SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you, Bret. Thanks for having me on this evening.
QUESTION: So what do you say to world leaders who are reaching out to Joe Biden, now the president-elect, leaders from all kinds of countries – Belgiu
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
Press Briefing Room
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Good to be with you all today. I want to start my remarks, as I often do, on matters relating to China.
As many of you saw, I met with Yang Jiechi last week in Hawaii.
We had a very frank discussion about the Chinese Communist Party’s unprovoked aggression on a number of fronts and I pressed him for more transparency on COVID for the good
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for joining me this morning.
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, Maria. Thanks for having me on.
QUESTION: What can the administration do to create calm, to calm things down this morning?
SECRETARY POMPEO: Let me begin, first of all, by expressing my personal condolences to Mr. Floyd’s family and all the pe
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