Category: State Department

Blinken Calls for Engagement With China After State Department Hack

The United States’ top diplomat is calling for increased diplomatic engagement with China’s communist regime following a massive hack of State Department emails by China-linked cybercriminals. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration would redouble its efforts to engage diplomatically with communist China following the hack of hundreds of thousands of U.S. government…


US Stands ‘In Solidarity’ With Falun Gong 24 Years Since CCP’s Persecution Began: State Department

The State Department reiterated the United States’ commitment to supporting Falun Gong on July 20, which marks the anniversary of when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) first launched its persecution campaign against the peaceful spiritual practice. “Today, we recognize 24 years since the People’s Republic of China launched a campaign of repression, inside and outside…


LIVE 2 PM ET: Blinken Delivers Remarks at State Department Briefing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the State Department’s daily briefing, followed by spokesperson Matthew Miller.   …


LIVE NOW: Blinken Delivers Remarks at State Department Briefing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the State Department’s daily briefing, followed by spokesperson Matthew Miller.   …


Blinken Delivers Remarks at State Department Briefing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the State Department’s daily briefing, followed by spokesperson Matthew Miller.   …


​​DEI Comes to the State Department

Commentary DEI (which stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion to its proponents and discrimination, exclusion, and intolerance to some of its critics) is now spreading to the U.S. State Department. Actually, it’s something of a surprise, given how obsessively identity conscious the Biden administration is, that this initiative didn’t occur earlier. Was that an oversight?…


US ‘Working to Disrupt’ Chinese Expansion in Cuba: State Department

WASHINGTON—The United States is “working to disrupt” Beijing’s ongoing efforts to expand its presence in Cuba, the State Department has told The Epoch Times. “Broadly, we are monitoring and responding to any PRC [People’s Republic of China] attempts to expand its military or security presence around the world, and we watch how potential PRC actions…


Assistant Secretary of State Calls FISA Abuses ‘Disturbing’ but Says Program Should Continue

Assistant Secretary of State Brett Holmgren said on May 30 that abuses of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) are “disturbing,” but he said the program should continue. Holmgren, who oversees the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), emphasized the national security and diplomatic uses of 702, downplaying abuses. “Today…


McCaul Demands State Department Give Full Committee Access to Afghan Dissent Cable

A House Republican is calling on the State Department to allow further access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable on the military withdrawal from Afghanistan. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has asserted that for the State Department to fully comply with the March 28 subpoena from his committee, they must allow…


State Department to Let House Foreign Affairs Committee Leaders to View Afghan Dissent Cable

After months of back-and-forth tensions, the State Department announced on May 17 that it will allow House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) to view a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. During the briefing at the State Department, principal deputy spokesperson…