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Blinken Calls on Beijing to Cease ‘Provocative Actions’ Towards Taiwan

The Chinese regime should cease its “provocative” military maneuvers near Taiwan, which is “dangerous” and risks miscalculation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Oct. 6. “The actions we’ve seen by China are provocative and potentially destabilizing,” Blinken told Bloomberg Television in Paris. “What I hope is that these actions will cease because there is…


Blinken Calls on Beijing to Cease ‘Provocative Actions’ Toward Taiwan

The Chinese regime should cease its “provocative” military maneuvers near Taiwan, which is “dangerous” and risks miscalculation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Oct. 6. “The actions we’ve seen by China are provocative and potentially destabilizing,” Blinken told Bloomberg Television in Paris. “What I hope is that these actions will cease because there is…


Blinken Meets Macron in Paris as US Tries to Ease Tensions Over AUKUS Pact

French President Emanuel Macron on Tuesday met with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Paris as he seeks to repair damages between the two G-7 nations after the Biden administration excluded France from a new Indo-Pacific security initiative. France was angered over the new deal after Australia abandoned a multi-billion dollar defense deal, which…


Biden Admin Faces Bipartisan Criticism Over Afghanistan at Blinken Senate Hearing

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before Congress for the second time this week—this time to address the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On Monday, Blinken’s appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee became heated, as Democrats and Republicans hurled accusations at rival party administrations. While debates in the upper chamber were calmer, they…


LIVE: Blinken Testifies to Senate Committee on Afghanistan Withdrawal


Republicans Grill Blinken on Afghanistan, Democrats Blame Trump

During a Monday hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, accusations flew from partisans on both sides of the political aisle. Democrats, hoping to defend President Joe Biden’s unpopular handling of the withdrawal, blamed the Trump administration for the catastrophe. Republicans, riding the wave of increased apprehension toward Biden after the fiasco, went on the…


LIVE: Blinken Testifies to House Panel on Afghanistan Withdrawal


Kabul Airport Reopens, Domestic Flights Operational Soon: Qatari Envoy

Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan announced on Saturday a technical team was able to reopen the airport in Kabul to receive aid and commercial airlines will also start operating again soon. The airport has been closed since the United States left the Middle Eastern nation at midnight local time on Aug. 31 after ending a large-scale…


Blinken: US in ‘Direct Contact’ With Americans Moving on Their Own to Kabul Airport

The U.S. State Department on Sunday outlined what they believe is the most effective way for Americans stranded in Kabul to reach the Afghan capital’s airport in order to get an evacuation flight home. In an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said making direct contact and providing guidance…


State Department Mum on Why It Killed Pompeo’s Crisis Evacuation Unit

Officials at the U.S. Department of State declined to say Thursday why Secretary of State Anthony Blinken “paused” a special evacuation unit formed by his predecessor even as the firestorm of reaction to the bungled Afghanistan withdrawal intensified. In June Blinken signed off on the department’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget justification request submitted to Congress…