Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Davos, Switzerland
World Economic Forum
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
SECRETARY BLINKEN:Â Â John, thank you very much.
(Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. John, my old friend, thank you very, very much. And as always, here, it’s particularly good to be with leaders from across government, business, civil society. So when you think about soil, the U.S. Secretary of State is probably not the first person who comes to mind. (Laugh
Regions: India , Japan , Norway , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
New York City, New York
Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you all very much. I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one of the most profound things that I have to deal with in my job. And I su
Regions: Canada , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy
Washington, D.C.
Press Briefing Room
SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good morning. Good morning.
QUESTION:Â Â Good morning.
QUESTION: Well, barely morning. (Laughter.)
SECRETARY BLINKEN:Â Â Speak for yourself, Matt.
Very good to see everyone here. Actually, I kind of hoped more of you might be on vacation by now but – (laughter) – I see we have a pretty full house
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Quito, Ecuador
Swissôtel Quito
AMBASSADOR FITZPATRICK: Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Thank you all for coming.  Muy buenas noches. Gracias por estar con nosotros. It is my great honor to present you all to the Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who’s on a – his first visit to South America as the Secretary of State, and of course he started that visit in Ecuador today. He’ll be here tonight, leading tomorrow m
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
MS CALDERON:  Before we start, I want to say hello to our colleagues in Guayaquil – hello, Guayaquil – and all the rest of the embassy community that are with us through Webex. Okay. So let’s start.
Now, please, let me introduce someone that not needs too much presentation, our big boss, Ambassador Fitzpatrick. (Applause.)
AMBASSADOR FITZPATRICK:Â Â Muchas gracias
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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Washington, DC
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. It’s great to be with you all today. I’m here one more time, proudly, to talk about freedom and free societies. And while America is not a perfect nation by any means, we always strive towards that more perfect union, trying to improve. We remain the greatest nation in the history of civilization.
One of the good things that we do in this adm
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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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