Search Results:  Afghanistan  (36)
  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    Treaty Room

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good morning, everyone.  It is, as always, a pleasure to receive the prime minister here at the State Department in Washington.

    Qatar has been an exceptional partner for the United States, and today we’ll be having our strategic dialogue, going through the many issues that we’re working on together, both on a bilateral basis, a regional basis, and a global basis.  And Qatar has been c

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Israel , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • 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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    Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , China, El Salvador , Ghana , Pakistan , Russia , Syria , Taiwan , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Riga, Latvia

    ATTA Center

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  It’s a great pleasure, as always, to be here with my friend and colleague, Mevlüt.  We’ve been sitting together for the last day and a  half, and we both thought it was important to be able to compare notes directly on many things that we’ve already talked about with our allies, including the situation in Ukraine and around Ukraine, including what we just talked

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  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Via Teleconference

    QUESTION:  We spoke with the Secretary earlier and began by asking him when the U.S. will resume negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, the Iranians have now said that they’re coming back to talks toward the end of November.  We’ll see if they actually do.  That’s going to be important. 

    Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Before Their Meeting

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

New York City, New York

Palace Hotel

September 21, 2021

FOREIGN MINISTER ÇAVUŞOĞLU:  President Biden made a very good speech.  I enjoyed it.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  Appreciate that very much.

Good afternoon, everyone.  It’s a real pleasure to be here with my friend and colleague from Turkey.  Mevlüt and I spent a lot of time together on the phone, in meetings in one place or another o

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  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.  Ranking Member Risch, thank you very much.  And to all members, I appreciate the opportunity to be with all of you today to discuss our policy on Afghanistan, including where we are, how we got here, and where we’re going in the weeks and months ahead.

    For 20 years, Congress has conducted oversight and pr

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Korea, North , Qatar , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    2172 Rayburn House Office Building

    September 13, 2021

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.  And Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member McCaul, thank you for today.  I welcome this opportunity to discuss our policy on Afghanistan, including where we are, how (inaudible), and where we’re going in the weeks and months ahead.

    For 20 years, Congress has conducted oversight and provided funding fo

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Korea, North , Qatar , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    On World Humanitarian Day, we recognize and honor all of the humanitarian aid workers who have sacrificed so much – including, for too many of them, their lives — to answer the call to protect and support the world’s most vulnerable populations. We commend the bravery and compassion of humanitarian aid workers who put the welfare of others before their own. We are especially grateful for the aid workers around the world, including in Afghanistan, Haiti,

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

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION:  Joining us now to discuss, Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  Secretary Blinken, thanks so much for joining us.  Take a listen to what President Biden was saying less than six weeks ago: 

    QUESTION:  “Your own Intelligence Community has assessed that the Afghan Government will likely collapse.”

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION:  Secretary Blinken, welcome back to Meet the Press, sir.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thanks for having me on, Chuck. 

    QUESTION:  So what is happening right now in Kabul?  We have reports that the Taliban and the Afghan Government are in negotiations for a – what they – what the Taliban is referring to as a potent

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  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Rome, Italy

    Fiera Roma

    MODERATOR:  (Via interpreter) Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Rome for this very important ministerial conference.  I will hand over right away to Minister Di Maio and Secretary of State Blinken for their opening remarks, and then we’ll take some questions from you.

    FOREIGN MINISTER DI MAIO:  (Via interpreter) Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone.  Thank you very much for h

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Mali , Mozambique , Niger , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, 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

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Rome, Italy

    Fiera Roma

    FOREIGN MINISTER DI MAIO:  Thank you.  Thank you very much.  Mr. Secretary of State, dear Tony, dear colleagues, dear guests, welcome.  Welcome to Italy.  (Via interpreter) I’m delighted to welcome you here to Rome, to the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which I have the privilege of co-chairing with Secretary of State Blinken.  I wish to thank my colleague and friend Tony and th

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • 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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    Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , Canada , China, France , Iran , Italy , Korea, South , Russia , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    London, United Kingdom

    No. 9 Downing

    FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thank you for joining us.  It’s a huge pleasure to welcome Secretary of State Blinken to the UK.  Tony, it’s great to have you here with us.

    SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.

    FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB:  Warm welcome.  I think it’s fair to say the Biden administration is barely a hundred days old but h

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Belarus , Brunei , Canada , China, Hong Kong , Iran , Ireland , Korea, North , Korea, South , Russia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, 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

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION:  We begin now with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  Thanks so much for joining us, Mr. Secretary.  We appreciate your time.  So let’s just start right there.  The U.S. just announced that it will share up to 60 million COVID vaccine doses with other countries soon.  Today, President Biden indicated that India will get some of those.

    How is the Biden administration going to prioritize which countries

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

  • Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION: Secretary of State Tony Blinken, welcome to the NewsHour. Thank you very much for joining us. The world looks a lot more complicated today, I think it’s fair to say, than it did just a few months ago. There are problems bubbling up just about everywhere. And in your statement today, you made a clear focus on American workers right here at home. Explain how that connects to what the U.S. challenges are around the world.<

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • 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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    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    WASHINGTON, D.C.

    QUESTION:  Hello.  We’re here today with Mike Pompeo, the 70th Secretary of State.  And we’re beginning the new year with a conversation with him.  Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for giving us time today.

    SECRETARY POMPEO:  David, it’s great to be with you.  Happy New Year to you.

    QUESTION:  So did you get any time off for the holidays, or you had to work straight thro

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

  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION: Let’s get some insight now into the Iran issue, other situations around the globe. Joining us tonight, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Mr. Secretary, thanks for being here.

    SECRETARY POMPEO: Bret, it’s great to be with you. Thank you.

    QUESTION: Just listened to your boss say that you need to go to the UN and get these snapback sanctions. You’ve said that you have

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  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    MR CLEMONS:  Hello, and welcome.  I’m Steve Clemons, editor-at-large of The Hill.  Thank you for joining us for New Threats, New Defense: The Future of National Security.  Before we get underway, a message from the chairman of The Hill, Jimmy Finkelstein.

    MR FINKELSTEIN:  Good morning.  I’m Jimmy Finkelstein, chairman of The Hill.  I want to welcome you all here today.  We have a tremendous progr

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    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    The United States works closely with its allies in the Middle East and around the world to combat the scourge of terrorism.  Today, the seven member states of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) announced the designation of six individuals and entities affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as part of our efforts to disrupt ISIS’s ability to finance its global operations.

    Today’s actions target money services businesses a

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism

  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION:  Now, one of the targets of that smear, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, joins me exclusively now.  Mr. Secretary, great to see you.  Now, I know you feel that Rice’s remarks show a lack of restraint that our country can’t afford to have back in the White House.  Explain all that.

    SECRETARY POMPEO:  Laura, thanks for having me on.  To hear Ambassador Rice talk that way is just crazy.  Sh

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Washington, D.C.

    QUESTION: For more on China, Hong Kong, and America’s role in the world, joining me now, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Mr. Secretary, thanks for being here.

    SECRETARY POMPEO: Bret, thanks for having me on this evening. Great to be with you again.

    QUESTION: We just heard you talk about the companies, American companies, warning them to keep forced labor out of their supply chains, pointing directly at

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  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Washington, DC

    SECRETARY POMPEO:  Thank you, Nicolas.  Thanks for the couple words in English there.  I appreciate that.

    Good morning, everyone.  Good to see you, Secretary General.  Rosemary, thank you for your comments this morning.  I would like to say you made some comments about humanitarian assistance inside of Iran.  The United States has tried to facilitate that, in light of the COVID issues inside of Iran.  Indeed, we of

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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, DC

    Press Briefing Room

    SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  This morning, early, I had the chance to drive through Arlington Cemetery, and as we approach Memorial Day Weekend, I want to reflect on the sacrifices of our uniformed military who have given their lives in the cause of freedom.

    As Secretary of State and an Army veteran, I spend all my days working to use American diplomatic power to secure fre

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  • Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

    Washington, DC

    Press Briefing Room

    SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  It’s been 128 days since Chinese doctor Ai Fen – the director of the Wuhan Central Hospital’s emergency unit – shared information on the internet about a patient with a SARS-like virus.  Her colleague, Dr. Li Wenliang, shared Dr. Ai’s report online with medical colleagues.

    The next day, December 31st, regional health officials in Wuhan indicated

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