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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 21, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with La Repubblica in Rome, Italy on June 28, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on the margins of a ministerial meeting hosted by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, on October 20, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Albanian Opposition Party Leader Lulzim Basha at the Rogner Hotel in Tirana, Albania, at the outset of their bilateral meeting on February 14, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers opening remarks at the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group Ministerial, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2019.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a town hall with U.S. Embassy Bangkok on June 2, 2021.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov sits with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 15, 2015, for a one-on-one meeting and a working lunch.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong during the outset of a bilateral meeting on January 25, 2016, at the Government House in Vientiane, Laos.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs David R. Stilwell meets with Japanese National Security Secretariat Secretary General Shigeru Kitamura, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Director General of the International Organization on Migration Antonio Vitorino at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a bilateral meeting with Dominican President Luis Abinader in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 16, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a video recording on the Palau Spur undersea cable with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2020.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Dominican Foreign Minister Andr�s Navarro at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on �The United States and Africa: Building a 21st Century Partnership�, in Abuja, Nigeria on November 18, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers virtual remarks to the 5th Annual U.S.-India Forum from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a Veterans Partnership Announcement at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 31, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo met with Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 11, 2017.

Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, delivers remarks at the working luncheon for the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, 2018 at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with El Tiempo, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on �The United States and Africa: Building a 21st Century Partnership�, in Abuja, Nigeria on November 18, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, speaks during a news conference at the Grand Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 2015, following a multinational meeting focused on reaching a political solution to the fighting in Syria.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Danish Broadcast Corporation's Channel 2 in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 17, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with U.S. Embassy Kabul staff at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 26, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with employees from U.S. Embassy Tallinn in Tallin, Estonia, on March 8, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade address reporters during the North American Trilateral Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2014.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers virtual remarks at the UN-hosted High-Level Yemen Pledging Event from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in the State of the Administration series from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable discussion with Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets the Acting Foreign Minister of El Salvador Carlos Alfredo Castaneda Magana at the 48th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2018.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott addresses U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during statements to the media before a bilateral meeting following their attendance at the inauguration ceremonies for Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Mexican President Enrique Pe�a Nieto prepare to sign and exchange photos of their handshake an hour earlier before a bilateral meeting at the presidential compound Los Pinos in Mexico City, Mexico on May 21, 2014.

NBC's Andrea Mitchell asks U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a question during his joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2014.

Miami Passport Agency Director Ryan Dooley and Deputy Director Donna Ward show U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a blank passport in their manufacturing room at the Omni Tower in Miami, Florida, on April 14, 2016, during a day trip to the city in which the Secretary was also to meet with Cuban-American leaders, and address Honors graduates and recruit potential State Department employees at Miami Dade College.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Embassy Kyiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

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(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, pictured signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, in Doha, 17.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling on her three-day trip to Saudi Arabia and to Qatar., Doha, Qatar, Asia

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers virtual remarks to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Trustees Meeting, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of Central American Nations and Mexico on Shared Migration Challenges, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Interim President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Juan Guaid� signs the guest book, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2020.

Vice President Michael R. Pence, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen pose for a photo with leaders from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador at the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 2018.

President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 27, 2012.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shakes hands with the Costa Rican Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Montserrat Solano Carboni, at the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C on January 17, 2020.

Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan participates in the G-7 Outreach Session with Non-G7 Women Foreign Ministers hosted by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, in Toronto, Canada, April 22, 2018.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Rick Medlin, CEO of Fruit of the Loom, Inc. in Honduras, which received the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence in the large business category, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2014.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall talk after signing an agreement to move from feasibility studies to implementation of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, Friday, May 2, 2014 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The SWOT mission will use wide swath altimetry technology to produce high-resolution elevation measurements of the surface of lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands and of the ocean surface.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2022.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers remarks alongside U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General�s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg at the �Our Cities, Our Climate: A Bloomberg Philanthropies - U.S. Department of State Partnership� working luncheon, at the U.S. Department of State.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in an Energy Sector Leadership Meeting, in Georgetown, Guyana, on September 18, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Angolan President Jose Eduardo do Santos chat before their bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on May 5, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2021.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov walks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry outside the Council of Ministers building after the two held a series of bilateral meetings in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 15, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, on March 18, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun meets with Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla in New Delhi, India, on October 13, 2020.

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U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chat over a flower-filled table before a meeting with their respective staffs in Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 1, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias deliver opening remarks for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and sign the renewal of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo virtually meets with the WSJ CEO Council 2020, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2020.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo hosted the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) +2 Ministerial on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2019.

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a model of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after a Strategic Dialogue between their two countries at the building in Algiers on April 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with business leaders before speaking about the future of job creation on January 9, 2016, while attending the Innovation Forum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

UN Envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's guestbook before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hold a joint press availability with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Security Partnership Signing Ceremony with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at a cafeteria renaming ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2021. Secretary Blinken was joined by Deputy Chief of Staff Tom Sullivan, Senior Director Juan Gonzalez, Charge d'Affaires John Creamer, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Julie Chung, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Senior Bureau Official Nancy Jackson, Director General of North American Affairs Roberto Velasco, and Legal Advisor Alejandro Celorio Alcantara.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, in Georgetown, Guyana, on September 18, 2020.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin lll speaks at a press conference after the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. Ministers of defense and leaders from 50 countries attended the meeting in person and virtually to discuss support for Ukraine from NATO Allies and partners.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nations on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021. Additional U.S. participants include: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, Counselor of the Department of State Derek Chollet, Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Tom Sullivan, Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council Brett McGurk, Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley. GCC participants include Secretary-General Nayef Al-Hajraf, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, Oman's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohamed Al Hassan, Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affai

Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken delivers remarks on on current priorities and future prospects for U.S. engagement in Central Asia at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2015.

U.S.-Mexico Memorandum of Understanding signing event at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, leading the proceedings

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Liverpool, United Kingdom on December 10, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Maupeogun Yusuf of Channels Television, in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert and his wife, Robyn, in Vatos Urban Tacos, a restaurant in the Itaewon section of Seoul, Republic of Korea, started by Korean-Americans with a �Kickstarter� funding for overseas projects.

Crowley Logistics in Miami, FL on Friday, August 26, 2011 is one of three U.S. Agency for International Development shipping and logistics facilities in the nation. In times of emergency humanitarian relief aid, they can respond with supplies delivered to an aircraft at Miami International Airport within two hours.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Joseph Westphal meets with members of the Council of Saudi Chambers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 24, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Health Incident Response Task Force Ambassador Jonathan Moore and Senior Care Coordinator Ambassador Margaret Uyehara, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2021.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

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