Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  Good morning, everyone.

AUDIENCE:  Good morning.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Dean Steinberg, Jim, thank you for the honor of joining the SAIS community to help inaugurate this truly magnificent new home.

Jim has contributed so much over his remarkable career, but his most lasting contribution is the generation of thinkers, the generation of d

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

New Delhi, India

QUESTION:  And joining me now is Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  Secretary Blinken, thanks for joining us.  I do want to start with this devastating earthquake in Morocco Saturday morning.  The death toll staggering, expected to rise, of course.  Rescuers struggling to reach some hard-to-hit – hard-hit areas.  Obviously the first 24 to 48 hours are the most crucial.  What is the U.S. doing to help?

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