Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Lotfullah Najafizada of TOLO News 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Afghanistan, United Kingdom Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy 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. 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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
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Afghanistan, United Kingdom
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy
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
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
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
Regions: Canada , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy