Tag: Antony Blinken

Foreign Service labor union supports State Department’s refusal to provide dissent cable under subpoena

Foreign Service labor union supports State Department’s refusal to provide dissent cable under subpoena | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Secretary of State Antony Blinken answers a question during a Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs to discuss the President’s the FY 2024 budget for the Department on Wednesday, March […]

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Paul Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame released from prison

Paul Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame released from prison | The Hill Skip to content FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving people from genocide, wears a pink prison uniform as he arrives for a bail hearing at a court in the […]

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McCaul calls ‘bulls—’ on Blinken’s refusal to provide Afghanistan dissent cable

McCaul calls ‘bulls—’ on Blinken’s refusal to provide Afghanistan dissent cable | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Thursday, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee displayed a […]

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US sending $350M in weapons, equipment to Ukraine in latest aid package

US sending $350M in weapons, equipment to Ukraine in latest aid package | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Roman Koksarov, File Soldiers load a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS ) from a US Special Operations MC-130J aircraft during military exercises at Spilve Airport in Riga, Latvia, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Ukraine has used U.S.-supplied […]

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Ned Price to step down as State Department spokesperson and work directly for Blinken

Skip to content Toggle Menu Open Navigation Close Navigation sponsored: FYI – State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a news conference at the State Department, March 10, 2022, in Washington. The Taliban have released two American detainees held in Afghanistan. That’s according to State Department spokesman Ned Price on Tuesday. Price called the release […]

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Blinken stresses regional stability in trip to Russia’s Central Asia neighbors

Blinken stresses regional stability in trip to Russia’s Central Asia neighbors | The Hill Skip to content U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stressed the importance of regional stability during a […]

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How the US could respond if China gives lethal aid to Russia

How the US could respond if China gives lethal aid to Russia | The Hill Skip to content The U.S. could enact strict economic sanctions against China should it support Russia’s war in Ukraine with weapons and munitions. Washington has already issued several warnings to deter Beijing from taking the course. The Pentagon, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, […]

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Blinken to travel to Germany, raising possibility of meeting with Chinese counterpart

Blinken to travel to Germany, raising possibility of meeting with Chinese counterpart | The Hill Skip to content FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, attends a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Saturday, July 9, 2022. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed  a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic […]

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Biden ‘deeply saddened’ by loss of life, earthquake destruction in Turkey and Syria

Biden ‘deeply saddened’ by loss of life, earthquake destruction in Turkey and Syria | The Hill Skip to content Annabelle Gordon President Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 2, 2023. President Biden on Monday said he’s “deeply saddened” by the destruction and loss of life in Turkey and […]

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Blinken trip to China postponed over ‘unacceptable’ spy balloon

Blinken trip to China postponed over ‘unacceptable’ spy balloon | The Hill Skip to content Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during The United States Conference of Mayors, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a trip to Beijing after a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was […]

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5 sore spots between the US and Israel as the Biden-Netanyahu era begins

5 sore spots between the US and Israel as the Biden-Netanyahu era begins | The Hill Skip to content U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint press conference, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Jerusalem. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP) Spiraling violence between Israelis and Palestinians and […]

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US visa restrictions leveled on Taliban officials over repression of women, girls

US visa restrictions leveled on Taliban officials over repression of women, girls | The Hill Skip to content The State Department is placing additional visa restrictions on certain current and former Taliban members over the regime’s repression of girls and women in Afghanistan.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Wednesday statement that the […]

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