Antony Blinken

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State (2021–2025)

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    Born 1962
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    2024
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Updated 2026-06-09

The diplomat who spent two decades cycling between the White House situation room and Joe Biden's side, shaping American foreign policy through three administrations before landing the top job at State.

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Antony John Blinken was born April 16, 1962, and entered government during the Clinton years, working State Department and National Security Council posts from 1994 to 2001. He advocated for the Iraq invasion while serving as Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008, then joined Biden's 2008 campaign. When Obama won, Blinken became Biden's national security advisor from 2009 to 2013, helping shape policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran's nuclear program. He moved up to deputy national security advisor in 2013 and deputy secretary of state from 20…

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[T]he Israelis were pushing President Obama to take military action against Iran, and were warning that they would do it themselves if he didn't...
"Former Secretary of State on the Two Keys to Ending Iran War" (Mar 4, 2026) Youtube video, 19:50, from Bloomberg Podcasts channel.
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As many here know, Hamas launched its attack on Simchat Torah. This is the day that Jews celebrate finishing the reading of the Torah.
Statements at a press conference, Tel Aviv, Israel (12 October 2023)
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To our Russian colleagues: Ukraine is not your country. Its grain is not your grain. Why are you blocking the ports? You should let the grain out.
As quoted in "Vladimir Putin lackey Sergey Lavrov storms out of G20 after photo snub", New York Post (8 July 2022)
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Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate Ukraine — to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. That has failed.
Remarks to Traveling Press, US Department of Defense (25 April 2022)
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The United States continues to work methodically to collect, to preserve, to analyze evidence of atrocities and to make this information available to the appropriate bodies.
Availability at the Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers (7 April 2022)
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