All posts tagged "Antony Blinken"

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence, announced Monday that she barred prominent government officials and attorneys from access to classified government information.

Gabbard posted to X that she did so at the directive of President Donald Trump, who announced his intention to revoke access to his "antagonists" last month, according to the New York Post.

"Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden 'disinformation' letter. The President's Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden," Gabbard wrote....

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was the target of a heckler Thursday as he addressed the Israel-Hamas ceasefire that threatened to be delayed as Israel considered a vote on the deal.

Blinken had just thanked "people that I've gotten to know as colleagues" for "asking the tough questions" during his four years in the post.

"Let me simply say how much I appreciate the partnership, the professionalism, the work that we've done," Blinken said, continuing, "Being on the receiving end, sometimes that's not always the most comfortable thing, not the most enjoyable thing, but it is the most necessary thing in on democracy." ...

The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza, as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposal.

The text — passed with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining — “welcomes” the truce and hostage release proposal announced on May 31 by President Joe Biden, and urges “parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”

The resolution says Israel has accepted the truce plan, and “calls upon Hamas to also accept it.”...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Tuesday in Kyiv on an unannounced visit to assure Ukraine of continued American  support and the flow of much-needed weapons as Russia presses on with its new offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken arrived by overnight train from Poland and was due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his fourth visit to Kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022,  according to an AFP journalist accompanying him. His trip comes just weeks after the US Congress finally approved a $61 billion f......

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid will fly to Washington on Sunday for talks. Lapid will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and several influential senators, the politician announced on his Telegram channel on Saturday. Further details were not initially disclosed. Lapid is the leader of the centrist Future Party. The relationship between the US administration under President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cooled considerably recently. Tensions exist above all because of the way Israel is waging war i......

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Israel that humanitarian aid for the civilian population in Gaza needs to be delivered sustainably and without interruption. The top US diplomat welcomed moves to boost deliveries via Jordan, the temporary opening of the Erez border crossing, and the use of the port of Ashdod to supply aid. "The real test is results, and that's what we're looking to see in the coming days and in the coming weeks," he stressed. Blinken said the United States "will be looking closely" at the number of vehicles actually entering Gaza to deliver aid, watching for delays ......