Transcript Good morning, everyone. It’s great to see you all at our eighth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. Together, we’re starting a new year with renewed resolve to support the brave defenders of Ukraine. And I know that this meeting will only strengthen our unity and our drive. We’re honored to be joined virtually today by President[Read More…]

Filmed: January 20, 2023 China … The Ukraine … Covid. It’s all on the table in a surprisingly fasted paced conversation between the Executive Director of a Thinktank at one of the world’s premier universities (The University of Chicago) and the United States Secretary of State. Transcript MR AXELROD:  Thank you.  Thank you, Katie, for the introduction, and for so much[Read More…]

  Transcript Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, DC NASA Headquarters MS MCGUINNESS:  Good afternoon, and welcome to NASA Headquarters.  I’m NASA Press Secretary Jackie McGuinness, and we’re honored to be joined today by leaders from the United States and Japan to sign a framework agreement that recognizes our nations’ mutual interest in peaceful exploration.  The Framework Agreement Between the Government of Japan and[Read More…]

  Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-host the 2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting. Representing Japan are Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada. TRANSCRIPT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good evening, everyone.  Very good to see you all.  And let me[Read More…]

  Statement From US Secretary of State Antony Blinken In this first week of 2023, the United States continues to stand strongly behind Ukraine and our European allies and partners by announcing more than $3.75 billion in new military assistance.  This assistance includes a $2.85 billion drawdown from stocks of the Department of Defense to be provided immediately to Ukraine and $225 million in Foreign Military Financing to build the long-term[Read More…]

Press Conference Transcript Ned Price, State Department Spokesperson held forth, on January 3, on a wide range of videos. Supplementing the video above is a transcript, published by The State Department. 2:03 p.m. EST MR PRICE: Happy Wednesday, everyone. QUESTION: Happy Wednesday. MR PRICE: We have two elements at the top before we turn to your questions. First, this morning, Secretary Blinken, Assistant[Read More…]