Category: Secretary Antony Blinken

US Vows to Defend South Korea With Nuclear Capability Amid North Korean Threats

The United States remains committed to using the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear weapons, to defend South Korea from North Korean aggression, U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Friday. Speaking alongside South Korean foreign minister Park Jin at a press conference, Blinken reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to improving its allied…


Blinken Announces $215 Million for Global Emergency Aid to Ease Food Shortages

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the United States will be offering $215 million in emergency assistance to ease worldwide food shortages, worsened by the Ukraine war and resulting supply chain disruptions. “Today, given the urgency of the crisis, we’re announcing another $215 million in new emergency food assistance. And we’ll do much…


US and India Sign Space Situational Awareness Arrangement

The United States and India on Monday signed a bilateral space situational awareness arrangement, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced. The two countries signed the agreement during a U.S.–India 2+2 ministerial that was held by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Austin on Monday with their Indian counterparts, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and…


GOP Senators Urge Biden Administration to Designate the Taliban as a Terrorist Organization

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a military veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with a number of her Republican colleagues are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take into full consideration the Taliban’s violent actions since seizing complete control of Afghanistan in August and have the United States officially designate the…