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Blinken SNUBS Congressional hearing on botched Afghanistan withdrawal

12 days ago -

The Biden-Harris administration official was a no-show during a Sept. 24 hearing convened by the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). According to the Washington Free Beacon, the committee subpoenaed Blinken to elaborate on the failed 2021 withdrawal that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members and brought the Taliban back to power after 20 years. The secretary of state was expected to face tough questions detailing how the U.S. abandoned a "significant amount of ...

Blinken buried reports indicating Israel blocked aid to Gaza so U.S. would keep sending them weapons

11 days ago -

The report by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reached this disturbing conclusion, and it was corroborated by a separate report from the State Department's Bureau Of Population, Refugees And Migration. The latter also determined that the Foreign Assistance Act needed to be enacted to freeze more than $800 million worth of taxpayer dollars that had been set aside for weapons and bombs for Israel.

However, Blinken and the Biden administration rejected ...

CAIR calls for Blinken to step down for lying to Congress so that the government can keep funding Israel’s genocide in Gaza

7 days ago -

The call came after ProPublica published a report detailing how Blinken contradicted the findings of his own department's experts to maintain the flow of American weaponry to Israel, which has repeatedly used the arms to commit war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

According to the report, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department's Refugees Bureau provided the secretary of state with an assessment that U.S. law requires the government ...

Blinken: White House ready to collaborate with Congress in imposing sanctions on the ICC for daring to call for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

May 28, 2024 -

This comes after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called on Blinken to support sanctions against the ICC, emphasizing the need for tangible actions. Blinken responded by denouncing the ICC's decision as "profoundly wrong-headed," warning of its potential impact on reaching a hostage deal. Blinken also affirmed the administration's willingness to engage in bipartisan efforts to sanction the ICC.

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced arrest warrants on May ...

Blinken eats at Ukrainian pizza joint known for pro-Nazi symbols that celebrate tyranny and death

May 23, 2024 -

Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who shared French fries with Blinken at a McDonald’s last year, insisted on eating at a Ukrainian restaurant this time around. The two had a “Ukrainian pizza” featuring meat and a vegetable pizza at a military-themed restaurant known as Veterano Pizza, whose owner, Leonid Ostaltsev, served in the Donbas in 2014. According to the BBC, it is staffed by Ukrainian military veterans, who sometimes supply free pizza to hospitals treating ...

Blinken stresses importance of Ukrainians embracing mobilization as a necessary step to NATO membership

May 17, 2024 -

Addressing students at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Blinken underscored that while Ukrainians can rely on continued support from the United States, they must also recognize the significance of the military draft in countering so-called Russian aggression.

"The recent mobilization was a tough decision, but a vital one. The brave defenders who valiantly held the line for over two years need assistance. They require respite," Blinken said.

He emphasized ...

Blinken blames social media for Israel losing PR war; Romney agrees, confirms TikTok ban is to help Israel

May 07, 2024 -

(Article by Chris Menahan republished from InformationLiberation.com)

While speaking before the McCain Institute on Friday, Blinken lamented that social media is allowing the world to see "the inescapable reality of people who have and continue to suffer grievously in Gaza," whereas in the past the "information environment" was controlled by a few newspapers and TV outlets who could shape the narrative.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who was interviewing Blinken, ...

Blinken attempts to bully China over its support of Russia’s actions in Ukraine

May 01, 2024 -

During the discussions, both sides acknowledged the importance of avoiding further deterioration in relations.

Xi reiterated China's longstanding position that Beijing and Washington should strive to be partners rather than adversaries, emphasizing the potential for both countries to develop and prosper concurrently. He stressed the need for mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation as guiding principles for future interactions between the two nations....

Blinken ignores recommendation to restrict aid to Israeli military and police who committed human rights violations

April 21, 2024 -

Blinken ignored and failed to act on the human rights violation allegations that mostly took place in the West Bank before the Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The panel included reports of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli Border Police; an incident in which a battalion gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead; and an allegation that interrogators tortured and raped a teenager who had been accused of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails....

Blinken pushing Ukraine into NATO to start WWIII

April 11, 2024 -

(Article by Martin Armstrong republished from ArmstrongEconomics.com)

A vote for Biden in November is a vote for World War III, and everything we have accomplished with peace will be thrown out the window for a bunch of NEOCONS in cahoots with the Climate Change nut-jobs who are running the White House. I do not see any hope of stopping this war. You can write to your Congressman and Senator, but they no longer represent us.

The NY court will try to imprison Trump, ...

Blinken says Ukraine “will become a member of NATO”

April 07, 2024 -

Blinken made this statement on Thursday, April 4, to reporters while representatives of the military organization were gathered in Brussels, Belgium to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty that established the transatlantic alliance. (Related: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov describes Russia-Ukraine chaos as one part of wider conflict with the West.)

"Ukraine will become a member of NATO," said Blinken. "Our purpose ...

Blinken tells Netanyahu: Hamas can’t be beaten using military force

January 24, 2024 -

Blinken stressed the importance of Israel recognizing the inevitability of a Palestinian state. However, Netanyahu reportedly remained resistant to this perspective, prompting the Biden administration to explore alternative routes in managing the situation.

Despite Blinken's emphasis on a diplomatic resolution, Israel remains steadfast in its military efforts, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) making significant progress against Hamas.

Rear ...

Blinken says the U.S. is determined not to spread conflict in the Middle East, but US missile strikes against Houthis prove otherwise

January 19, 2024 -

"We're determined … that we not see escalation, [and] that we don't have the conflict spread. We've made that very clear," Blinken said on Jan. 10 while in Bahrain. "But of course – if our personnel, if our forces are threatened or attacked, we'll take appropriate steps [and] we'll respond."

The secretary of state also mentioned that the Houthi attacks have been "aided and abetted by Iran," and warned that "if these attacks continue, there will be consequences....

Blinken admits having “real concerns” over military ties between Russia, North Korea

November 13, 2023 -

He voiced out this sentiment during a Nov. 9 appearance in the South Korean capital Seoul, echoing that of South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin. According to Blinken, the cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang was a "two-way street" involving arms flows and technical support.

"We have real concerns about any support for North Korea's ballistic missile programs, for its nuclear technology [and] for its space launch capacity," Blinken told reporters....

Blinken meets with Xi in Beijing as China puts onus on US to stabilize deteriorating relations

June 20, 2023 -

Blinken is the first American secretary of state to visit China in five years, and the most senior official within President Joe Biden's administration to make such a trip.

In this rare visit, Blinken stressed to Xi the importance of maintaining steady relations with America following years of steadily rising tensions. (Related: Biden administration looks DESPERATE to reestablish normal communications with China.)

Blinken's meeting with ...

Sixth time not the charm for Blinken as Israel vows to invade Rafah ‘alone’

April 07, 2024 -

(Article republished from TheCradle.co)

“I told [Blinken] that I deeply appreciate the fact that for more than five months, we have stood together in the war against Hamas … But I also told him that we don’t have a way to defeat Hamas without going into Rafah, and eliminating the remaining battalions there. And I told him that I hope that we will do it with America’s support, but if we need, we will do it alone,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters ...

Ukraine will JOIN NATO, Blinken announces, signaling imminent WWIII with Russia

April 05, 2024 -

The reason this is more serious than perhaps anything else that has happened yet between Russia and the West is because much of Ukraine is disputed territory. Russia controls Crimea and Donbass, and the whole point of President Putin's special operation in Ukraine is to get back the rest of what he says is Russia's.

By allowing Ukraine to join NATO, the West is basically declaring all of what is currently known as Ukraine to be outside of Russia's control, which crosses ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warn Iran and its allies against escalating Israel-Hamas war

October 30, 2023 -

Two senior cabinet members of the Biden Administration have warned Iran and its allies against any further escalation of the Israel-Hamas war after American forces deployed in the Middle East started receiving growing threats of attack.

In an interview with ABC News on Oct. 22, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the Pentagon increased its military readiness and announced the evacuation of non-essential personnel from its embassy in Iraq after recent rocket and ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken: Drug trafficking, immigration are crisis MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES of the U.S. and Mexico

October 13, 2023 -

Blinken and other Biden administration officials met on Oct. 5 to discuss shared security, health and public safety issues at the 2023 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue.

During an Oct. 3 event at the Baker Institute at Rice University in Houston, Texas, Blinken said the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico is "arguably the most important we have in terms of the practical impact."

He added that Mexico is now America's "largest trading ...

Secretary of State Blinken was the instigator of the intelligence community LIE used to cover up Hunter Biden’s laptop before 2020 election

April 27, 2023 -

The GOP-led House has given them plenty to investigate, but they continue to ignore Biden family corruption and threats to our national security due to a range of 'business' deals involving the debased Hunter Biden, his uncle Jim Biden, and even the president himself.

"Take the bombshell this week from former acting CIA Director Mike Morell," New York Post columnist and author Miranda Devine noted in a piece this week.

Sources in the House Judiciary Committee have ...