Category: Antony Blinken

Biden’s Decision to Re-Engage UN Human Rights Council Met With Praise and Criticism

The Biden administration has received mixed responses from Congress over its decision to have the United States re-engage with the United Nations Human Rights Council. Under the Trump administration, the United States withdrew from the 47-member council in June 2018, noting that some of the worst human rights abusers—China, Cuba, and Venezuela—were council members. On…


Secretary of State Blinken Says US Should Allow in Hong Kong Refugees Fleeing Beijing’s Repression

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he thinks the United States should provide refuge for Hongkongers fleeing the Chinese regime’s widening suppression of the city’s freedoms. “We’ve seen China act egregiously to undermine the very commitments it made during the handover of Hong Kong … from Britain,” Blinken said in an interview with MSNBC aired on…


Iran Could Be ‘Weeks’ Away From Having Material to Produce Nukes: Blinken

Iran could be a “matter of weeks” away from having enough material for producing a nuclear weapon if it continues to violate the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken told NBC News that the United States would be again willing to comply with the 2015 deal, which President…


It’s Time for American Impatience With China

Commentary On cue, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has signaled that President Joe Biden’s administration is not prepared to seriously confront the complex and immediate threat communist China poses to American security and world peace. Earlier this month, incoming secretary of state Antony Blinken acknowledged communist China presents a formidable problem and added former…


Senate Confirms Blinken as Biden’s Secretary of State

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state. Antony Blinken, a longtime aide to Biden, was approved by a vote of 78-22 in the upper chamber. His predecessor is former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. His confirmation was welcomed by most Democrats and some Republicans, as well as the U.S….


Can Biden Sec State Continue the ‘Tougher Approach’ on China?

Commentary President Joe Biden’s incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken, agrees former President Donald Trump’s administration got communist China right. During his Jan. 19 Senate confirmation hearing, Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “President Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China. I disagree very much with the way that he went…


Senate Committee Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Biden’s Secretary of State Nominee

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations scheduled a hearing for Jan. 19 for the confirmation of Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state. The hearing will take place one day prior to the inauguration on Jan. 20. Blinken served as the Democratic staff director for the committee from 2002 to 2008. From…