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News Articles: Antony Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Tonga's Prime Minister Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni in Nuku'alofa, Tonga Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

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The U.S. dedicates a new embassy in Tonga in a bid for more influence in the Pacific

Tonga is just one stop on a tour of the Pacific by Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week. He is the latest in a parade of US diplomats to visit Oceania in the last year.

July 26, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

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  • World

With visit to China, Blinken clears a diplomatic path, but it's unclear where it goes

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip shows the Biden administration is keen to reignite diplomacy and inject stability to its dealings with China, but whether it was a success remains to be seen.

June 20, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
A China Central Television news broadcast shows footage of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Monday.

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  • World

How Secretary Blinken is tackling the China relationship (and others in the region)

Much of the Biden administration's approach to the world focuses on the U.S. competition with China.

June 19, 2023
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Vincent Ni
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Some see the U.S.-China rivalry as an 'existential struggle.' Rep. Andy Kim disagrees

Kim, who sits on the House China panel, disagrees with its chair's characterization of the rivalry. He hopes that Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit will mean more regular talks with China.

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday. Blinken heads to China on Friday to meet senior officials, his first visit as secretary of state.

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  • World

Blinken travels to China amid low expectations and global worries of a new cold war

In a first visit to China by a member of President Biden's Cabinet, the secretary of state will seek "open lines of communication" with Beijing but no diplomatic breakthrough is expected.

June 16, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with CDC officials in Atlanta on Friday, May 5, 2023.

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  • News

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spends two days in Atlanta, touts city's international status

He spent Friday and Saturday in Atlanta meeting with the CDC, Mayor Andre Dickens and HBCU leaders. He also gave the commencement address at Georgia Tech.

May 08, 2023
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
A Passport Processing employee uses a stack of blank passports to print a new one at the Miami Passport Agency June 22, 2007 in Miami, Fla. Passport processing times are high due to increased demand.

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  • World

Traveling overseas this summer? There's huge demand for passports, so get yours ASAP

Passports are in "unprecedented demand," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. In 2022, the State Department issued a record 22 million passports — and 2023 is on track to break that record.

March 24, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.

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  • World

U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet for the first time since the Ukraine war began

Relations between the two countries have collapsed over the Ukraine war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.

March 02, 2023
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  • Charles Maynes,
  • Raksha Kumar,
  • and 1 more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi in New York City on Sept. 23, 2022.

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  • World

Blinken meets with China's top diplomat in first meeting since balloon controversy

The meeting is the highest level of contact between the two nations since the discovery of a Chinese balloon in U.S. airspace at the beginning of this month.

February 18, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • John Ruwitch
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with China's top diplomat Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 9, 2022.

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  • World

Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

February 18, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
President Biden stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit meeting, Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia.

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  • Asia

Chinese balloon punctures Blinken's plans, leaving U.S.-China ties adrift

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called off his trip to China after the discovery of a Chinese "surveillance" balloon over the U.S. It's the latest setback in an increasingly fraught relationship.

February 03, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with Marina, 6, from Ukraine's Kherson region, during his visit to a children's hospital in Kyiv on Thursday.

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  • World

Secretary of State Blinken offers big aid package on unannounced visit to Ukraine

Antony Blinken is on a trip to Kyiv, where he visited a children's hospital and met with U.S. Embassy staff. The U.S. announced nearly $3 billion in aid and weapons for Ukraine and other countries.

September 08, 2022
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  • Ashley Westerman
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday.

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  • World

U.S. tells China that its support for Russia in Ukraine complicates relations

China's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at an already difficult time, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart.

July 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin, Germany, on June 24, 2022.

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  • Europe

Putin has been unwilling to engage in Ukraine talks, says Secretary of State Blinken

It is important that the Ukrainians define the terms of any potential negotiation, Blinken tells NPR, while the U.S. makes sure that the country has the means to repel Russian aggression.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Tinbete Ermyas and
  • Michel Martin
A resident looks at shards of twisted metal from a Russian rocket in undergrowth near a train line near Lviv, Ukraine, on Monday. The head of Ukrainian Railways said five rail facilities had been attacked by Russia Monday morning, including a substation supplying power to overhead lines, in Krasne, near Lviv.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 25)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 25, 2022
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