Following the arrest earlier this year of a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for the unauthorized disclosure of classified national defense information, in mid-April 2023, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) undertook a self-initiated 60-day Internal Security Review of the Department of State’s Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) network, systems, and applications […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Hello, everyone, and thank you for the opportunity to join the Special Competitive Studies Project’s Global Emerging Tech Summit. Two years ago, I spoke at the National Security Commission on AI Summit about the critical role that diplomacy can play in shaping the terms of our technological future.  The United States has made clear […]

There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates […]

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On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Malta as you celebrate 59 years of independence. The United States values its longstanding friendship with Malta, which started at the founding of our nation more than two centuries ago. We are grateful for Malta’s efforts in support of […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver opening remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies as part of the Republic of Korea-United States Strategic Forum 2023  on Monday, September 25, at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Secretary Blinken’s remarks will be streamed live on www.state.gov and www.YouTube.com/statedept . Space at this event is limited. Media interested in attending must register by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 22, […]

The U.S. Department of State announced today that the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will hold its quarterly meeting on September 26, 2023, at American University in Washington, D.C.  The board will welcome a new member, meet with university officials, students, and scholars, and speak with the current Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows at American University, whose […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Kenyan President William Ruto today to express appreciation for Kenya’s longstanding strategic partnership with the United States and its significant contributions to global peace and stability. Secretary Blinken thanked Kenya for considering leadership of a multinational security support mission […]

The United States yesterday signed the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, otherwise known as the High Seas Treaty at the United Nations in New York. The ocean is one global system, and its […]

QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, great to have you with us.  So where do we stand right now in terms of Washington supporting Kyiv?  Do you think you still have enough Republicans in the House and Senate to keep this country united in its pushback against Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion? SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Joe, first, great to see […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you all very much.  I have to say, it’s a little bit humbling to speak after Jason, who has been an extraordinary profile in courage, an extraordinary profile in absolute determination to move all of us to a better place on this issue that in so many ways is, for me, one […]