Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era” 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 Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, 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, The Ocean and Polar Affairs Imposing Sanctions in Defense of Human Rights in Syria Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State The United States is taking action to promote accountability for entities and individuals that have perpetuated the suffering of the Syrian people. 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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
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Armenia , Australia , Canada , China, Ethiopia , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , New Zealand , Russia , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, 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, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
The United States is taking action to promote accountability for entities and individuals that have perpetuated the suffering of the Syrian people. The United States is sanctioning eight Syrian prisons, five Assad regime officials in the institutions that run those facilities, two militia groups, and two militia leaders. These actions underscore the U.S. commitment to promote respect for human rights and accountability for abuse against Syrians.
Many
Regions: Syria , United States
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Briefing Room
MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased that today Secretary Blinken is joining us to unveil the 2021 Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Report. Secretary Blinken will have a statement. He’ll take a question or two before he has to depart. At that point, we’ll turn to Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Rob Faucher, who wil
Regions: China, Cuba , Haiti , United States
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
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
Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Iran , Poland , Russia , South Africa , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
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
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
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , China, Hong Kong , Iran , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
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
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong , Iran , Pakistan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
More than six years ago, the brave photographer known as Caesar shocked the world by smuggling out of Syria the photographic proof that the Assad regime was torturing and executing many thousands of Syrians in the regime’s prisons. This act of bravery is the inspiration behind the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act (the Caesar Act), signed into law by President Trump 180 days ago, under which the U.S. Congress authorized severe economic sanctions to promote
Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance