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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%86" title="أنتوني بلينكن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أنتوني بلينكن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoni_Blinken" title="Entoni Blinken – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Entoni Blinken" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86" title="آنتونی بلینکن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آنتونی بلینکن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8" title="অ্যান্টনি ব্লিংকেন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অ্যান্টনি ব্লিংকেন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Энтані Блінкен – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Энтані Блінкен" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Энтані Блінкен – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Энтані Блінкен" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Антъни Блинкен – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Антъни Блинкен" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BD" title="Άντονι Μπλίνκεν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άντονι Μπλίνκεν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86" title="آنتونی بلینکن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آنتونی بلینکن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A4%ED%84%B0%EB%8B%88_%EB%B8%94%EB%A7%81%EC%BB%A8" title="앤터니 블링컨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앤터니 블링컨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%B6%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D4%B2%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Էնթոնի Բլինքեն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էնթոնի Բլինքեն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9F" title="אנתוני בלינקן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנתוני בלינקן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ენტონი ბლინკენი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ენტონი ბლინკენი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Энтони Блинкен – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Энтони Блинкен" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%99%E0%BB%82%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B5_%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%99%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%99" title="ແອນໂທນີ ບລິນເຄນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ແອນໂທນີ ບລິນເຄນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonius_Blinken" title="Antonius Blinken – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Antonius Blinken" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entonijs_Blinkens" title="Entonijs Blinkens – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Entonijs Blinkens" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ентони Блинкен – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ентони Блинкен" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86" title="انتونى بلينكين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="انتونى بلينكين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Энтони Блинкен – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Энтони Блинкен" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="एन्टोनी ब्लिङ्केन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="एन्टोनी ब्लिङ्केन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3" title="アントニー・ブリンケン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アントニー・ブリンケン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A8" title="ਐਂਟਨੀ ਬਲਿੰਕਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਐਂਟਨੀ ਬਲਿੰਕਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD,_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Блинкен, Энтони – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Блинкен, Энтони" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86" title="ئەنتۆنی بلینکن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئەنتۆنی بلینکن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ентони Блинкен – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ентони Блинкен" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5_%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%99" title="แอนโทนี บลิงเคน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แอนโทนี บลิงเคน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Antony Blinken" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ентоні Блінкен – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ентоні Блінкен" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%89%D9%86%D9%83%DB%90%D9%86" title="ئانتوني بلىنكېن – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="ئانتوني بلىنكېن" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">71st&#32;<a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span>&#32;<br />January 26, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_United_States_Secretary_of_State" 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Campbell">Kurt M. Campbell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">18th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Deputy Secretary of State">United States Deputy Secretary of State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 9, 2015&#160;–&#32;January 20, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Burns_(diplomat)" title="William J. Burns (diplomat)">William J. Burns</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_J._Sullivan_(diplomat)" title="John J. Sullivan (diplomat)">John Sullivan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">26th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_National_Security_Advisor" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Deputy National Security Advisor">United States Deputy National Security Advisor</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2013&#160;–&#32;January 9, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Barack Obama</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Rice" title="Susan Rice">Susan Rice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Avril_Haines" title="Avril Haines">Avril Haines</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_to_the_Vice_President" title="National Security Advisor to the Vice President">National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2009&#160;–&#32;January 20, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Vice President</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Joe Biden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_P._Hannah" title="John P. Hannah">John P. Hannah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Sullivan" title="Jake Sullivan">Jake Sullivan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Antony John Blinken</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-04-16</span>) </span>April 16, 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Evan_Ryan" title="Evan Ryan">Evan Ryan</a></div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;2002&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_M._Blinken" title="Donald M. 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codecs=&quot;vorbis&quot;" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Antony_Blinken_speaks_on_Ukrainian_Military_Aid_and_NATO_Ascension_of_Sweden_and_Finland.ogg/Antony_Blinken_speaks_on_Ukrainian_Military_Aid_and_NATO_Ascension_of_Sweden_and_Finland.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Antony Blinken speaks on military aid to <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> and the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> accession of <a href="/wiki/Sweden%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Sweden–NATO relations">Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Finland–NATO relations">Finland</a><br />Recorded January 17, 2023</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Antony John Blinken</b> (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat currently serving as the 71st <a href="/wiki/United_States_secretary_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="United States secretary of state">United States secretary of state</a>. He previously served as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor" title="Deputy National Security Advisor">deputy national security advisor</a> from 2013 to 2015 and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Secretary of State">deputy secretary of state</a> from 2015 to 2017 under President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken was previously <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_to_the_Vice_President" title="National Security Advisor to the Vice President">national security advisor</a> to then–Vice President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> from 2009 to 2013. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Presidency of Bill Clinton">Clinton administration</a>, Blinken served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">State Department</a> and in senior positions on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a> from 1994 to 2001. He was a senior fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies" title="Center for Strategic and International Studies">Center for Strategic and International Studies</a> from 2001 to 2002. He advocated for the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a> while serving as the Democratic staff director of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a> from 2002 to 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Joe_Biden&#39;s_Vote_for_War_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joe_Biden&#39;s_Vote_for_War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was a foreign policy advisor for <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign">Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign</a>, before advising the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Obama–Biden presidential transition</a>. </p><p>From 2009 to 2013, Blinken served as deputy assistant to the president and <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Office of the Vice President of the United States">national security advisor to the vice president</a>. During his tenure in the <a href="/wiki/Obama_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama administration">Obama administration</a>, he helped craft U.S. policy on <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">nuclear program of Iran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Columbia14_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia14-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sanger_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanger-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After leaving government service, Blinken <a href="/wiki/Revolving_door_(politics)#United_States" title="Revolving door (politics)">moved into the private sector</a>, co-founding <a href="/wiki/WestExec_Advisors" title="WestExec Advisors">WestExec Advisors</a>, a consulting firm. Blinken returned to government first as a foreign policy advisor for Biden's <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign">2020 presidential campaign</a>, then as Biden's pick for secretary of state, a position the Senate confirmed him for on January 26, 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Blinken was born on April 16, 1962, in <a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers, New York</a>, to <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Jews">Jewish</a> parents. His mother was Judith (<a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> Frehm) Blinken and his father was <a href="/wiki/Donald_M._Blinken" title="Donald M. Blinken">Donald M. Blinken</a>, a co-founder of the private equity firm <a href="/wiki/Warburg_Pincus" title="Warburg Pincus">Warburg Pincus</a> who later served as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._ambassador_to_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. ambassador to Hungary">U.S. ambassador to Hungary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JVL_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JVL-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken's uncle, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Blinken" title="Alan Blinken">Alan Blinken</a>, served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Belgium" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to Belgium">U.S. ambassador to Belgium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His paternal grandfather, Maurice Henry Blinken, was an early backer of Israel who studied its economic viability,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and his great-grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Meir_Blinken" title="Meir Blinken">Meir Blinken</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Yiddish" title="Yiddish">Yiddish</a> writer.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken attended the <a href="/wiki/Dalton_School" title="Dalton School">Dalton School</a> in New York City until 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-JVL_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JVL-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He then moved to Paris with his mother and <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pisar" title="Samuel Pisar">Samuel Pisar</a>; his mother married Pisar after divorcing Donald Blinken. In his confirmation hearing, Blinken recalled the story of his stepfather, Pisar, who had been the only <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a> survivor of the 900 children in his school in Poland. Pisar found refuge in a U.S. tank after making a break into the forest during a <a href="/wiki/Death_marches_during_the_Holocaust" title="Death marches during the Holocaust">Nazi death march</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In Paris, Blinken attended <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_Jeannine_Manuel" title="École Jeannine Manuel">École Jeannine Manuel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1980 to 1984, Blinken attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>, where he majored in social studies. He co-edited Harvard's daily student newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson" title="The Harvard Crimson">The Harvard Crimson</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and wrote a number of articles on current affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After graduating from the university, Blinken worked as an intern for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i> for about a year.<sup id="cite_ref-JVL_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JVL-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He earned a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a> in 1988<sup id="cite_ref-:2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and practiced law in New York City and Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken worked with his father to raise funds for <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dukakis" title="Michael Dukakis">Michael Dukakis</a>, the Democratic nominee in the <a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988 United States presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his monograph <i>Ally versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis</i> (1987), Blinken argued that exerting diplomatic pressure on the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Urengoy%E2%80%93Pomary%E2%80%93Uzhhorod_pipeline#Controversies" title="Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline">Siberian pipeline crisis</a> was less significant for American interests than maintaining strong <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States#Europe" title="Foreign relations of the United States">relations between the United States and Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Ally versus Ally</i> was based on Blinken's undergraduate thesis in which he interviewed <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_diplomatic_career_(1994–2001)"><span id="Early_diplomatic_career_.281994.E2.80.932001.29"></span>Early diplomatic career (1994–2001)</h2></div> <p>Blinken has held senior foreign policy positions in two administrations over two decades.<sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a> (NSC) staff from 1994 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From 1994 to 1998, Blinken was special assistant to the president and senior director for strategic planning and NSC senior director for speechwriting.<sup id="cite_ref-statedeptbio_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statedeptbio-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From 1999 to 2001, he was special assistant to the president and senior director for European and Canadian affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-Gallucci09_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gallucci09-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomatic_career">Diplomatic career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clinton_and_Bush_administrations">Clinton and Bush administrations</h3></div> <p>In 2002, Blinken was appointed staff director for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a>, a position he served in until 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken assisted then-Senator Joe Biden, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in formulating Biden's support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, with Blinken characterizing the vote to invade Iraq as "a vote for tough diplomacy".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken supported the U.S.-led <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">invasion of Iraq</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-Joe_Biden&#39;s_Vote_for_War_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joe_Biden&#39;s_Vote_for_War-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the years following the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Blinken assisted Biden in formulating a proposal in the Senate to establish in Iraq three independent regions divided along ethnic or sectarian lines: a "Shiastan" in the south, a "Sunnistan" in the north, as well as <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a>. The proposal was overwhelmingly rejected at home, as well as in Iraq, where the prime minister opposed the partition plan.<sup id="cite_ref-defender_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defender-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was also a senior fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies" title="Center for Strategic and International Studies">Center for Strategic and International Studies</a>. In 2008, Blinken worked for <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign">Joe Biden's presidential campaign</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Obama–Biden presidential transition</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-LaMonica_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LaMonica-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Obama_administration">Obama administration</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg/310px-Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg/465px-Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg/620px-Obama_and_Biden_await_updates_on_bin_Laden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>Blinken in the <a href="/wiki/Situation_Room" title="Situation Room">White House Situation Room</a> (back of the room, blue shirt, leaning) during the <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Osama Bin Laden raid</a>, as seen in the photograph named <i><a href="/wiki/Situation_Room_(photograph)" title="Situation Room (photograph)">Situation Room</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>From 2009 to 2013, Blinken was deputy assistant to the president and <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_to_the_Vice_President" title="National Security Advisor to the Vice President">National Security Advisor to the Vice President</a>. In this position he helped craft U.S. policy on <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">nuclear program of Iran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Columbia14_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia14-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sanger_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanger-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken was sworn in as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor" title="Deputy National Security Advisor">deputy national security advisor</a>, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a>, on January 20, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 7, 2014, President Obama announced that he would nominate Blinken for the deputy secretary post, replacing the retiring <a href="/wiki/William_J._Burns_(diplomat)" title="William J. Burns (diplomat)">William J. Burns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On December 16, 2014, Blinken was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State by the Senate by a vote of 55 to 38.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of Obama's 2011 decision to <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">kill Osama bin Laden</a>, Blinken said "I've never seen a more courageous decision made by a leader."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2013 profile described him as "one of the government's key players in drafting <a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Syria–United States relations">Syria policy</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> for which he served as a public face.<sup id="cite_ref-starturn_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-starturn-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken was influential in formulating the Obama administration's response to the <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation</a> in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Ukrainian revolution">2014 Ukrainian revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken supported the <a href="/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" title="2011 military intervention in Libya">2011 military intervention in Libya</a><sup id="cite_ref-starturn_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-starturn-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Timber_Sycamore" title="Timber Sycamore">supply of weapons</a> to <a href="/wiki/Syrian_opposition" title="Syrian opposition">Syrian rebels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He condemned the <a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Turkish coup d&#39;état attempt">2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt</a> and expressed support for the democratically elected Turkish government and its institutions, but also criticized the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%93present_purges_in_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="2016–present purges in Turkey">2016–present purges in Turkey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dw2020_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw2020-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In April 2015, Blinken voiced support for the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He said that "as part of that effort, we have expedited weapons deliveries, we have increased our intelligence sharing, and we have established a joint coordination planning cell in the Saudi operation centre."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken worked with Biden on requests for American money to replenish Israel's arsenal of <a href="/wiki/Iron_Dome" title="Iron Dome">Iron Dome</a> interceptor missiles during the <a href="/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Israel–Gaza conflict">2014 Israel–Gaza conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May 2015, Blinken criticized the <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_Myanmar" title="Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar">persecution of Muslims in Myanmar</a> and warned Myanmar's leaders about the dangers of anti-Muslim legislation,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> saying that <a href="/wiki/Rohingya_people" title="Rohingya people">Rohingya Muslims</a> "should have a path to citizenship. The uncertainty that comes from not having any status is one of the things that may drive people to leave."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2015, Blinken claimed that more than ten thousand ISIL fighters had been killed by American-led airstrikes against the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> since a U.S.-led coalition launched a <a href="/wiki/International_military_intervention_against_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="International military intervention against ISIL">campaign</a> against it nine months previously.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_state">Secretary of state</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomination_and_confirmation">Nomination and confirmation</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_(50878397918).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_%2850878397918%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_%2850878397918%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_%2850878397918%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_%2850878397918%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_%2850878397918%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_is_Sworn_in_as_Secretary_of_State_%2850878397918%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5840" data-file-height="4672" /></a><figcaption>Blinken being sworn in as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">U.S. State Department</a> on January 26, 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Blinken was a <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign policy of the United States">foreign policy</a> advisor for Biden's <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign">2020 presidential campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 22, 2020, <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_News" title="Bloomberg News">Bloomberg News</a> reported that Biden had selected Blinken as his nominee for secretary of state.<sup id="cite_ref-longtimeaide_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtimeaide-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These reports were later corroborated by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> and other outlets.<sup id="cite_ref-defender_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defender-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 24, upon being announced as Biden's choice for secretary of state, Blinken said, "We can't solve all the world's problems alone [and] we need to be working with other countries."<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He had earlier remarked in a September 2020 interview with the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> that "democracy is in retreat around the world, and unfortunately it's also in retreat at home because of the president taking a two-by-four to its institutions, its values and its people every day."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken's confirmation hearing before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a> began on January 19, 2021. His nomination was confirmed by the committee on January 25 with a vote of 15–3.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On January 26, Blinken was confirmed in the full Senate by a vote of 78–22.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken took the oath of office of the secretary of state later that day.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In doing so, he became the third former deputy secretary of state to serve as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Eagleburger" title="Lawrence Eagleburger">Lawrence Eagleburger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Christopher" title="Warren Christopher">Warren Christopher</a> in 1992 and 1993, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Antony_Blinken_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="List of international trips made by Antony Blinken as United States Secretary of State">List of international trips made by Antony Blinken as United States Secretary of State</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Africa">Africa</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_(52375711450).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_%2852375711450%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_%2852375711450%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_%2852375711450%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_%2852375711450%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_%2852375711450%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_Kenyan_President_Ruto_%2852375711450%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4487" data-file-height="2991" /></a><figcaption>Blinken meeting with Kenyan President <a href="/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a> on September 21, 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>In February 2021, Blinken condemned <a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="War crimes in the Tigray War">ethnic cleansing in the Tigray region</a> of northern <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> and called for the immediate withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Defence_Forces" title="Eritrean Defence Forces">Eritrean</a> forces and other fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the midst of the Biden administration's continuing review of the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Morocco_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–Morocco normalization agreement">normalization agreement</a> between Morocco and Israel enacted during the previous administration, Blinken maintained that the recognition of <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Western_Sahara" title="Political status of Western Sahara">Morocco's sovereignty</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">disputed territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a>, which was annexed by Morocco in 1975, will not be reversed imminently. During internal discussions, he supported improving relations between the two countries and expressed urgency in appointing a United Nations envoy to Western Sahara.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, Blinken met with Ethiopian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed" title="Abiy Ahmed">Abiy Ahmed</a> in Addis Ababa to normalize relations between the United States and <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> that were strained by the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a> between the Ethiopian government and <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray</a> rebels.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Asia">Asia</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_(2022-08-06).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_%282022-08-06%29.jpg/220px-Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_%282022-08-06%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_%282022-08-06%29.jpg/330px-Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_%282022-08-06%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_%282022-08-06%29.jpg/440px-Tony_Blinken_and_Bongbong_Marcos_shaking_hands_2_%282022-08-06%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1357" /></a><figcaption>Blinken with Philippine President <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong Marcos</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> on August 6, 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Blinken made his first international trip with Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a> to Tokyo and <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> on March 15, during which he warned China against coercion and aggression.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also condemned the Chinese government for committing <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China" title="Persecution of Uyghurs in China">genocide against ethnic Uyghurs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021, the Biden administration accused China of a <a href="/wiki/Chinese_intelligence_activity_abroad" title="Chinese intelligence activity abroad">global cyberespionage campaign</a>, which Blinken said posed "a major threat to our economic and national security".<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late April 2021, Blinken denounced the sentencing of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Lai" title="Jimmy Lai">Jimmy Lai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Ho" title="Albert Ho">Albert Ho</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Cheuk-yan" title="Lee Cheuk-yan">Lee Cheuk-yan</a> among others, for their roles in the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">2019 Hong Kong protests</a>, calling it a "politically-motivated" decision.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_(52204013285).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_%2852204013285%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_%2852204013285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_%2852204013285%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_%2852204013285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_%2852204013285%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Chinese_State_Councilor_and_Foreign_Minister_Wang_Yi_in_Bali_%2852204013285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7963" data-file-height="5309" /></a><figcaption>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yi_(politician)" title="Wang Yi (politician)">Wang Yi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, on July 9, 2022.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 2022, Blinken stated that "China is the one country that has the intention as well as the economic, technological, military and diplomatic means to advance a different vision of international order."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He dismissed China's claims to be neutral in the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a> and accused China of supporting Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2022, Blinken says U.S. to rely on "Alliances", "Trade" and "Investment" to <a href="/wiki/United_States_foreign_policy_toward_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="United States foreign policy toward the People&#39;s Republic of China">counter China</a>, and focus on defending the rules-based order Beijing is trying to reshape.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2023, Blinken met with Chinese president <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> during his trip to Beijing. According to the State Department's readout, Blinken "emphasized the importance of maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of miscalculation" and "made clear that while we will compete vigorously, the United States will responsibly manage that competition so that the relationship does not veer into conflict."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P20231115AS-1223.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/P20231115AS-1223.jpg/220px-P20231115AS-1223.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/P20231115AS-1223.jpg/330px-P20231115AS-1223.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/P20231115AS-1223.jpg/440px-P20231115AS-1223.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="1733" /></a><figcaption>Biden and Blinken meet Xi and Yi at the <a href="/wiki/2023_Woodside_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Woodside Summit">2023 Woodside Summit</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 15 November 2023 Blinken accompanied Biden as together they hosted <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yi_(politician)" title="Wang Yi (politician)">Wang Yi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodside,_California" title="Woodside, California">Woodside, California</a> and the so-called <a href="/wiki/2023_Woodside_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Woodside Summit">2023 Woodside Summit</a>. Top-level cabinet officials, such as <a href="/wiki/Janet_Yellen" title="Janet Yellen">Janet Yellen</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> also were at the meeting table there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Myanmar">Myanmar</h4></div> <p>On January 31, 2021, Blinken condemned the <a href="/wiki/2021_Myanmar_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Myanmar coup d&#39;état">2021 Myanmar coup d'état</a> and expressed grave concerns on the detention of government officials and civil society leaders, calling for their immediate release.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He stated that, "the United States will continue to take firm action against those who perpetrate violence against the people of Burma as they demand the restoration of their democratically elected government."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</h4></div> <p>In February 2021, having spoken to president <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a>, Blinken voiced support for <a href="/wiki/Afghan_peace_process" title="Afghan peace process">Afghan peace negotiations</a> with <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamism" title="Islamism">Islamist</a> rebels and reiterated the United States' commitment to a peace deal that includes a "just and durable political settlement and permanent and comprehensive ceasefire."<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_(51126100940).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_%2851126100940%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_%2851126100940%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_%2851126100940%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_%2851126100940%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_%2851126100940%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Afghan_President_Ghani_%2851126100940%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7969" data-file-height="5313" /></a><figcaption>Blinken meeting with Afghan president <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a> to discuss <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2020%E2%80%932021)" class="mw-redirect" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)">U.S. troop withdrawal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Blinken made an unannounced visit to <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> on April 15 and met with U.S. military and diplomatic personnel following the Biden administration's announcement of the <a href="/wiki/2021_withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan">2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He said the decision to withdraw from <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> was made to focus resources on China and the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He faced calls to resign as secretary of state following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2021, Blinken rejected comparisons between the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan due to the <a href="/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive" title="2021 Taliban offensive">Taliban offensive</a>, which started in May 2021 after U.S. and coalition military forces began withdrawing from Afghanistan, and the chaotic <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon" title="Fall of Saigon">American departure from Saigon</a> in 1975, saying that "We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission, and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">9/11</a> and we have succeeded in that mission."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 25, 2024, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> passed a resolution condemning the Biden-Harris administration for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution passed 219-194, with 10 Democrats and all Republicans voting in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Israel-Palestine">Israel-Palestine</h4></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2021_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_crisis" title="2021 Israel–Palestine crisis">2021 Israeli-Palestinian conflict</a>, Blinken expressed "absolute" support for <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>'s right to defend itself but warned that evicting Palestinian families from their homes in <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a> is among the actions that could further escalate outbreaks of violence and retaliation.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a visit to Tel Aviv following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel">2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel</a>, Blinken promised to help defend Israel "as long as America exists." Blinken said that "Israel has the right, indeed the obligation, to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again."<sup id="cite_ref-:6_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He rejected calls for a ceasefire in the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a> but said he supported "humanitarian pauses" to deliver aid to the people of the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken participated in Netanyahu's cabinet policy decisions on humanitarian aid, which allowed the targeting of aid convoys that could "reach Hamas." Implementation of the policy resulted in assaults on <a href="/wiki/UNRWA" title="UNRWA">UNRWA</a> aid trucks, Palestinian police escorts for aid convoys, the <a href="/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen_aid_convoy_attack" title="World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack">World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack</a>, and assassination of <a href="/wiki/Anera" class="mw-redirect" title="Anera">Anera</a> aid workers.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2024, it was reported that Blinken had refused to act on recommendations from the <a href="/wiki/Leahy_Law" title="Leahy Law">Israel Leahy Vetting Forum</a> to sanction Israeli units that had participated in human rights violations including torture, rape, and extrajudicial killings in the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During a hearing before the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Foreign_Relations_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Foreign Relations Committee">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a> on May 21, 2024, Blinken faced fierce criticism from protestors who interrupted his testimony by shouting as they were escorted from the hearing room, including calling him "the Butcher of Gaza" and "Bloody Blinken".<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>ProPublica reported on September 24, 2024, that Blinken lied to the U.S. Congress, ignoring two reports, one from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Agency_for_International_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Agency for International Development">U.S. Agency for International Development</a> (USAID), the other from State Department <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Population,_Refugees,_and_Migration" title="Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration">Refugees Bureau</a>, that Israel had indeed <a href="/wiki/Blocking_of_humanitarian_aid" title="Blocking of humanitarian aid">blocked</a> <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war">humanitarian aid</a> from reaching Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> First-hand reports had previously shown Israelis <a href="/wiki/Israeli_blockade_of_aid_delivery_to_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Israeli blockade of aid delivery to the Gaza Strip">blocking and even destroying aid</a> on trucks.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> "Their conclusion was explosive because U.S. law requires the government to cut off weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of U.S.-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been largely dependent on American bombs and other weapons in Gaza since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks."<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations immediately called for Blinken's resignation. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> “Secretary Blinken and the Biden administration ignored Israel’s blocking of humanitarian aid to the suffering people of Gaza – which is a violation of American law – and lied about it to Congress. When a senior American official lies to Congress in the middle of genocide so that the government can keep funding that genocide, he is deliberately flouting the law and prolonging the suffering of millions of innocent people who desperately need our government to stop funding their slaughter."<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On September 26, 2024, <a href="/wiki/U.S._representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. representative">U.S. representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib" title="Rashida Tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a> called on Blinken to resign in a social media post, citing the ProPublica story alleging he had rejected internal government findings about Israel blocking aid to Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Europe">Europe</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:210414-D-XI929-1005_(51115721097).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/210414-D-XI929-1005_%2851115721097%29.jpg/220px-210414-D-XI929-1005_%2851115721097%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/210414-D-XI929-1005_%2851115721097%29.jpg/330px-210414-D-XI929-1005_%2851115721097%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/210414-D-XI929-1005_%2851115721097%29.jpg/440px-210414-D-XI929-1005_%2851115721097%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4417" data-file-height="2849" /></a><figcaption>Blinken in group meeting with German FM <a href="/wiki/Heiko_Maas" title="Heiko Maas">Maas</a>, Turkish FM <a href="/wiki/Mevl%C3%BCt_%C3%87avu%C5%9Fo%C4%9Flu" title="Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu">Çavuşoğlu</a>, British FM <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Raab</a>, Italian FM <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Di_Maio" title="Luigi Di Maio">Di Maio</a>, NATO Secretary General <a href="/wiki/Jens_Stoltenberg" title="Jens Stoltenberg">Stoltenberg</a> and U.S. Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Austin</a>, April 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>The decision to <a href="/wiki/Countering_America%27s_Adversaries_Through_Sanctions_Act" title="Countering America&#39;s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act">waive sanctions</a> against <a href="/wiki/Nord_Stream_AG" title="Nord Stream AG">Nord Stream AG</a> and its chief executive <a href="/wiki/Matthias_Warnig" title="Matthias Warnig">Matthias Warnig</a>, subsequent to the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Nord_Stream#Nord_Stream_2" title="Nord Stream">Nord Stream 2</a> natural gas <a href="/wiki/Pipeline_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipeline transport">pipeline</a>, drew congressional criticisms.<sup id="cite_ref-Nord_Stream_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nord_Stream-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken defended the action as pragmatic and practical to U.S. interests and remarked that proceeding otherwise would be counterproductive with European relations.<sup id="cite_ref-Nord_Stream_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nord_Stream-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2021, Blinken traveled with Biden to attend the <a href="/wiki/47th_G7_summit" title="47th G7 summit">47th G7 summit</a> in Cornwall, the <a href="/wiki/2021_Brussels_summit" title="2021 Brussels summit">31st NATO summit</a> in Brussels, and the <a href="/wiki/2021_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit" title="2021 Russia–United States summit">summit meeting</a> with president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> in Geneva.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken and Biden both acknowledged that relations between the U.S. and Russia were at their lowest point, and a more predictable relationship remained a key priority.<sup id="cite_ref-Putin_Summit_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Putin_Summit-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, he signaled that further punitive actions would be enforced if the Russian government chose to continue with hostile activities such as <a href="/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2020_United_States_elections" title="Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections">interference in the 2020 presidential elections</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_federal_government_data_breach" title="2020 United States federal government data breach">SolarWinds cyberattack</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny" title="Poisoning of Alexei Navalny">apparent poisoning</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_protests" title="2021 Russian protests">imprisonment of Alexei Navalny</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Putin_Summit_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Putin_Summit-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Of the administration's decision to forgo a joint press conference after the summit, Blinken explained that it was "the most effective way" and "not a rare practice".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that month, Blinken traveled to Brussels for a NATO Ministerial with European Union counterparts to underscore the Biden administration's determination to strengthen transatlantic alliances. </p><p>Blinken has been a co-chair of the <a href="/wiki/Trade_and_Technology_Council" title="Trade and Technology Council">Trade and Technology Council</a> since its creation in 2021 to encourage trade relations with the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russia-Ukraine_war">Russia-Ukraine war</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%97%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B7_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%A8%D0%90_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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As Secretary of State, Blinken has been deeply involved in the American response to the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2022, Blinken authorized the <a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aid" title="United States military aid">supply of weapons</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> to support the Eastern European country in amid border tensions with Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on January 19, Blinken said "One of the principles which you've heard us repeat – but it always bears repeating – is <a href="/wiki/Nothing_about_Ukraine_without_Ukraine" title="Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine">nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken publicly warned on February 11 of the likelihood of a <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Russo-Ukrainian_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> prior to the end the <a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022 Winter Olympics</a><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and on February 13, he said the risk was "high enough and the threat is imminent enough" that the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" title="Emergency evacuation">evacuation</a> of most staff from the U.S. Embassy in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> was "the prudent thing to do".<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In September 2022, Blinken pledged that the United States would help the Ukrainian military retake <a href="/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_of_Ukraine" title="Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine">Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He criticized <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>'s threats to use <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons</a>, saying that "Russia has gotten itself into the mess that it's in is because there is no one in the [autocratic] system to effectively tell Putin he's doing the wrong thing."<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regarding the countries that decided to be <a href="/wiki/Neutral_country" title="Neutral country">neutral</a> in the war between Russia and Ukraine, Blinken said that "It's pretty hard to be neutral when it comes to this aggression. There is a clear aggressor. There is a clear victim."<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Speaking about the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_mobilization" title="2022 Russian mobilization">2022 Russian mobilization</a>, he said that mobilized Russian civilians were being treated as "cannon fodder that Putin is trying to throw into the war."<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 21, 2022, Blinken said the United States saw no willingness on the side of Russia to end its war in Ukraine by <a href="/wiki/2022_Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_peace_negotiations" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations">diplomatic means</a>, despite American attempts.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken questioned China's <a href="/wiki/China_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#Peace_proposal" class="mw-redirect" title="China during the Russo-Ukrainian War">peace proposal</a>, saying "the world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia, supported by China or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms."<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2023, he rejected any "cease-fire that simply freezes current lines in place".<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2023, he defended Biden's decision to supply Ukraine with <a href="/wiki/Cluster_munition" title="Cluster munition">cluster munitions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2024, Blinken said that <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>'s support for Russia was prolonging the war in Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_America">South America</h4></div> <p>Blinken spoke with the <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_presidential_crisis" title="Venezuelan presidential crisis">interim president</a> of <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3" title="Juan Guaidó">Juan Guaidó</a>, whom the Biden administration will continue to recognize as the country's head of state and not <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" title="Nicolás Maduro">Nicolás Maduro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="G7_meeting">G7 meeting</h4></div> <p>In May 2021, Blinken traveled to London and <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Group_of_Seven" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of Seven">G7</a> Foreign and Development Ministers' meeting and the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Council" title="Arctic Council">Arctic Council</a> Ministerial meeting respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a meeting with president <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelensky" class="mw-redirect" title="Volodymyr Zelensky">Volodymyr Zelensky</a> and foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Dmytro_Kuleba" title="Dmytro Kuleba">Dmytro Kuleba</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, Blinken reaffirmed support for <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>'s sovereignty and territorial integrity against "Russian aggression".<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2021_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_crisis" title="2021 Israel–Palestine crisis">2021 Israeli-Palestinian conflict</a>, Blinken expressed support for Israel's right to defend itself but warned that evicting Palestinian families from their homes in <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a> is among the actions that could further escalate outbreaks of violence and retaliation.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He, along with the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a>, called for full adherence to the truce and stressed the immediate need for humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians while reiterating the need for a <a href="/wiki/Two-state_solution" title="Two-state solution">two-state solution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the ceasefire and coinciding Blinken's visit to Jerusalem on May 25, the transfer of food and medical supplies furnished by the United Nations and <a href="/wiki/Physicians_for_Human_Rights" title="Physicians for Human Rights">Physicians for Human Rights</a>, aid workers, and journalists were permitted into the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Americans_detained_abroad">Americans detained abroad</h4></div> <p>Blinken and the Biden administration have been criticized for the handling of <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_people_imprisoned_abroad" title="List of American people imprisoned abroad">Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad</a>. Families of U.S. detainees in the Middle East were upset that they were left off of a call with Secretary Blinken.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2022, Blinken had a meeting with <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Sergey Lavrov</a> to discuss a prisoner swap to secure the release of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Whelan_(security_director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Whelan (security director)">Paul Whelan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brittney_Griner" title="Brittney Griner">Brittney Griner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken has met with the <a href="/wiki/Bring_Our_Families_Home" title="Bring Our Families Home">Bring Our Families Home</a> campaign, a coalition of families with loved ones detained abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken, along with the work of Special Presidential Envoy of Hostage Affairs <a href="/wiki/Roger_D._Carstens" title="Roger D. Carstens">Roger D. Carstens</a>, has negotiated the release of over a dozen Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad including <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Reed" class="mw-redirect" title="Trevor Reed">Trevor Reed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Fenster" title="Danny Fenster">Danny Fenster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baquer_Namazi" title="Baquer Namazi">Baquer Namazi</a>, the entire <a href="/wiki/Citgo_Six" title="Citgo Six">Citgo Six</a>, Osman Khan, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_John_Heath" title="Matthew John Heath">Matthew John Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Frerichs" title="Mark Frerichs">Mark Frerichs</a>, and Jorge Alberto Fernández. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Contempt_of_Congress">Contempt of Congress</h4></div> <p>On September 24, 2024, the <a href="/wiki/House_Foreign_Affairs_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Foreign Affairs Committee">House Foreign Affairs Committee</a> voted to recommend <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> Blinken be held in <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress" title="Contempt of Congress">contempt of Congress</a> for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking information about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The full House of Representatives has not yet scheduled a vote on the committee's recommendation. The <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Mike Johnson</a>, commented that he expected the measure would likely not be taken up for a vote until after the presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_policy_positions">Foreign policy positions</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Joe_Biden_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration">Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_(24402014001).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_%2824402014001%29.jpg/220px-Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_%2824402014001%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_%2824402014001%29.jpg/330px-Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_%2824402014001%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_%2824402014001%29.jpg/440px-Deputy_Secretary_Blinken_Meets_With_National_League_for_Democracy_Leader_Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_in_Naypyitaw_%2824402014001%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2819" data-file-height="1585" /></a><figcaption>Blinken with Myanmar's leader <a href="/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi" title="Aung San Suu Kyi">Aung San Suu Kyi</a>, January 18, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>As foreign policy advisor to then <a href="/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2020 Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Presidential_nominee" title="Presidential nominee">presidential nominee</a> Joe Biden, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> described Blinken as "ha[ving] Biden's ear on policy issues".<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His foreign policy positions have been described as <a href="/wiki/Hawkish" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawkish">hawkish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken has asserted that "[Biden] would not tie <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_military_relations" title="Israel–United States military relations">military assistance to Israel</a> to things like <a href="/wiki/Proposed_Israeli_annexation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank">annexation</a> or other decisions by the Israeli government with which we might disagree".<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken praised the Trump administration-brokered <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">normalization agreements</a> between Israel and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain%E2%80%93Israel_normalization_agreement" title="Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement">Bahrain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement">United Arab Emirates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JI_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JI-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 28, 2020, Blinken reaffirmed that a Biden administration will undertake strategic review of the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Saudi Arabia–United States relations">relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia</a>, ensuring that it advances U.S. interests and values.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2021, Blinken has stated the Biden administration would keep the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Jerusalem" title="Embassy of the United States, Jerusalem">American embassy to Israel in Jerusalem</a> and would seek a <a href="/wiki/Two-state_solution" title="Two-state solution">two-state solution</a> to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken is in favor of continuing non-nuclear <a href="/wiki/United_States_sanctions_against_Iran" title="United States sanctions against Iran">sanctions against Iran</a> and described it as "a strong hedge against Iranian misbehavior in other areas".<sup id="cite_ref-JI_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JI-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He criticized former president Trump's <a href="/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">withdrawal of the U.S.</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">international nuclear agreement with Iran</a> and expressed support for a "longer and stronger" nuclear deal.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken did not rule out a military intervention to stop Iran from obtaining <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons" title="List of states with nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken has been critical of the Trump administration in aiding China to advance its own key strategic goals. He stated: "[Trump] weaken[ed] American alliances, leaving a vacuum in the world for China to fill, abandoning our values and giving China a green light to trample on human rights and democracy from <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> to Hong Kong".<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, he also credited the former president's administration for its aggressive approach and has characterized China as a "techno-<a href="/wiki/Autocracy" title="Autocracy">autocracy</a>" which seeks world dominance.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China-Taiwain_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China-Taiwain-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He indicated a desire to welcome political refugees from Hong Kong and stated that the Biden administration's commitment to <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>'s defense would "absolutely endure", and that China's use of military force against Taiwan "would be a grievous mistake on their part".<sup id="cite_ref-China-Taiwain_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China-Taiwain-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken has also viewed China as committing genocide and crimes against humanity against <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_China" title="Islam in China">Muslims</a> and other ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken has characterized former president Trump's <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war#2020" title="China–United States trade war">Phase One trade deal with China</a> as "a debacle".<sup id="cite_ref-china_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-china-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He said it was unrealistic to "fully decouple" from China and has expressed support for "stronger economic ties with <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-china_143-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-china-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Saudi_Crown_Prince_and_Prime_Minister_Mohammed_bin_Salman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Blinken with Saudi Crown Prince <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Salman" title="Mohammed bin Salman">Mohammed bin Salman</a> in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>Blinken has indicated American interest in robust ties between itself, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, Israel, and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> regarding the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act and acknowledged the threats posed by an expansionist <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, which is "not acting like an ally".<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He opposed Turkish president <a href="/wiki/Recep_Erdogan" class="mw-redirect" title="Recep Erdogan">Recep Erdogan</a>'s call for "a two-state solution in Cyprus", saying the Biden administration is committed to the <a href="/wiki/Reunification_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Reunification of Cyprus">reunification of Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dw2020_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw2020-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken has also suggested that he would consider sanctioning the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Erdogan administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken reaffirmed his support of keeping <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s door open for <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, a country in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, and raised the argument that NATO member countries have been more effectively shielded from "Russian aggression".<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken expressed his support of extending the <a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty</a> with Russia to limit the number of <a href="/wiki/Military_deployment#Nuclear_weapons" title="Military deployment">deployed</a> strategic <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warhead" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear warhead">nuclear warheads</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-defender_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defender-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken said the Biden administration will "review" security assistance to <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war">2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war</a> between Azerbaijan and <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">disputed region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> and voiced his support for "the provision to Armenia of security assistance".<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_(53453696214).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_%2853453696214%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_%2853453696214%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_%2853453696214%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_%2853453696214%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_%2853453696214%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Blinken_Meets_with_Israeli_Prime_Minister_%2853453696214%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1537" /></a><figcaption>Blinken with Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 9, 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>Blinken opposed the <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">United Kingdom's separation from the European Union</a> and referred to it as a "total mess" with consequences adverse to U.S. interest.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken expressed concern over perceived <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Egypt" title="Human rights in Egypt">human rights violations</a> in Egypt under the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He condemned the arrest of three employees for the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Initiative_for_Personal_Rights" title="Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights">Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights</a> organization, saying that "meeting with foreign diplomats is not a crime. Nor is peacefully advocating for human rights."<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Referring to the re-instated <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan">Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</a>, declared by the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> following their <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">2021 capture of Kabul</a>, Blinken has stated that the United States will not recognize any government that harbors terrorist groups or that does not uphold basic human rights.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a visit to Tel Aviv following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas attack on Israel">Hamas attack on Israel</a>, Blinken promised to help defend <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> "as long as America exists." Blinken said that "Israel has the right, indeed the obligation, to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again."<sup id="cite_ref-:6_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He rejected calls for a ceasefire in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a> but said he supported "humanitarian pauses" to deliver aid to the people of the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Supporters of the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_cause" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian cause">Palestinian cause</a> established an encampment outside Blinken's home in <a href="/wiki/McLean,_Virginia" title="McLean, Virginia">McLean, Virginia</a>, named 'Kibbutz Blinken.'<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WestExec_Advisors">WestExec Advisors</h3></div> <p>In 2017, Blinken co-founded <a href="/wiki/WestExec_Advisors" title="WestExec Advisors">WestExec Advisors</a>, a political strategy advising firm, with <a href="/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Flournoy" title="Michèle Flournoy">Michèle Flournoy</a>, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WestExec's clients have included Google's <a href="/wiki/Jigsaw_(company)" title="Jigsaw (company)">Jigsaw</a>, Israeli artificial-intelligence company Windward, surveillance drone manufacturer Shield AI, which signed a $7.2<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million contract with the Air Force,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20201128_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20201128-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and "<i>Fortune</i> 100 types".<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Policy" title="Foreign Policy">Foreign Policy</a></i>, the firm's clientele includes "the defense industry, private equity firms, and hedge funds".<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken received almost $1.2<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million in compensation from WestExec.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Intercept" title="The Intercept">The Intercept</a></i>, Flournoy described WestExec's role as facilitating relationships between <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a> firms and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> and law enforcement;<sup id="cite_ref-FangIntercept_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FangIntercept-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Flournoy and others compared WestExec to <a href="/wiki/Kissinger_Associates" title="Kissinger Associates">Kissinger Associates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FangIntercept_163-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FangIntercept-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pine_Island_Capital_Partners">Pine Island Capital Partners</h3></div> <p>Blinken, as well as other Biden transition team members <a href="/wiki/Michele_Flournoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Michele Flournoy">Michele Flournoy</a>, former Pentagon advisor, and <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a>, Secretary of Defense, are partners of <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> firm Pine Island Capital Partners,<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dailybeast20201208_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailybeast20201208-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a strategic partner of WestExec.<sup id="cite_ref-common_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-common-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pine Island's chairman is <a href="/wiki/John_Thain" title="John Thain">John Thain</a>, the final chairman of <a href="/wiki/Merrill_Lynch_%26_Co." title="Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.">Merrill Lynch</a> before its sale to <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America">Bank of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken went on leave from Pine Island in August 2020 to join the Biden campaign as a senior foreign policy advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-dailybeast20201208_166-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailybeast20201208-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He said he would divest himself of his equity stake in Pine Island if confirmed for a position in the Biden administration.<sup id="cite_ref-common_167-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-common-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the final stretch of Biden's presidential campaign, Pine Island raised $218<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million for a <a href="/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_company" title="Special-purpose acquisition company">special-purpose acquisition company</a> (SPAC), a public offering to invest in "defense, government service and aerospace industries" and <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> relief, which the firm's prospectus (initially filed with the U.S. SEC in September and finalized on November 13, 2020) predicted would be profitable as the government looked to private contractors to address the pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-dailybeast20201208_166-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailybeast20201208-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thain said he chose the other partners because of their "access, network and expertise".<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20201128_159-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20201128-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a December 2020 <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> article raising questions about potential conflicts of interest between WestExec principals, Pine Island advisors, including Blinken, and service in the Biden administration, critics called for full disclosure of all WestExec/Pine Island financial relationships, divestiture of ownership stakes in companies bidding on government contracts or enjoying existing contracts, and assurances that Blinken and others recuse themselves from decisions that might advantage their previous clients.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20201128_159-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20201128-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was previously a global affairs analyst for <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Penn_Biden_Center">Penn Biden Center</h3></div> <p>From 2017 to 2019, Blinken served as the managing director of the <a href="/wiki/Penn_Biden_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn Biden Center">Penn Biden Center</a>, a <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> think tank based in Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During this time he published several articles on foreign policy and the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> 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href="/wiki/Interfaith_marriage" title="Interfaith marriage">interfaith ceremony</a> officiated by a rabbi and a priest at <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Catholic_Church_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.)">Holy Trinity Catholic Church</a> in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-twp_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twp-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken is fluent in French,<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Left-handed" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-handed">left-handed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pbs1_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbs1-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blinken plays the guitar and has three songs available on <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a> by the alias Ablinken<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (pronounced "<a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abe Lincoln</a>").<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blinken gave a cover performance of "<a href="/wiki/Hoochie_Coochie_Man" title="Hoochie Coochie Man">Hoochie Coochie Man</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a> in September 2023 to launch the <a href="/wiki/Global_Music_Diplomacy_Initiative" title="Global Music Diplomacy Initiative">Global Music Diplomacy Initiative</a> at the State Department, the video of which went viral.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another widely publicised performance took place in May 2024 in a bar in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> where he played rhythm guitar on the <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> song, <a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_in_the_Free_World" title="Rockin&#39; in the Free World">Rockin' in the Free World</a>, during the first visit by a Biden administration official since the approval of U.S. supplemental funding for Ukraine's struggle against <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_honors">International honors</h3></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>: <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_(1748-1975)_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_%281748-1975%29_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg/70px-Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_%281748-1975%29_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_%281748-1975%29_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg/105px-Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_%281748-1975%29_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_%281748-1975%29_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg/140px-Royal_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_%281748-1975%29_-_Commander_Grand_Cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Commander Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Polar_Star" title="Order of the Polar Star">Order of the Polar Star</a> (2024)<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise_1st_2nd_and_3rd_Class_of_Ukraine.png/105px-Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise_1st_2nd_and_3rd_Class_of_Ukraine.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise_1st_2nd_and_3rd_Class_of_Ukraine.png/140px-Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise_1st_2nd_and_3rd_Class_of_Ukraine.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> Second Class of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise" title="Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise">Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise</a> (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_recognitions">Awards and recognitions</h3></div> <ul><li>Columbia Law School's Medal for Excellence (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 Wash100 Awards (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles">Articles</h3></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBlinken2024" class="citation journal cs1">Blinken, Antony (October 1, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/antony-blinken-americas-strategy-renewal-leadership-new-world">"America's Strategy of Renewal"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs" title="Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Foreign+Affairs&amp;rft.atitle=America%27s+Strategy+of+Renewal&amp;rft.date=2024-10-01&amp;rft.aulast=Blinken&amp;rft.aufirst=Antony&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foreignaffairs.com%2Funited-states%2Fantony-blinken-americas-strategy-renewal-leadership-new-world&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntony+Blinken" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlinken2003" class="citation journal cs1">Blinken, Antony J. (December 2003). "From Preemption to Engagement". <i><a href="/wiki/Survival_(journal)" title="Survival (journal)">Survival</a></i>. <b>45</b> (4): 33–60. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00396330312331343576">10.1080/00396330312331343576</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0039-6338">0039-6338</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154077314">154077314</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Survival&amp;rft.atitle=From+Preemption+to+Engagement&amp;rft.volume=45&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=33-60&amp;rft.date=2003-12&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A154077314%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.issn=0039-6338&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F00396330312331343576&amp;rft.aulast=Blinken&amp;rft.aufirst=Antony+J.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntony+Blinken" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlinken2002" class="citation journal cs1">Blinken, Antony J. (June 2002). "Winning the War of Ideas". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Quarterly" title="The Washington Quarterly">The Washington Quarterly</a></i>. <b>25</b> (2): 101–114. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1162%2F01636600252820162">10.1162/01636600252820162</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0163-660X">0163-660X</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154183240">154183240</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Quarterly&amp;rft.atitle=Winning+the+War+of+Ideas&amp;rft.volume=25&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=101-114&amp;rft.date=2002-06&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A154183240%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.issn=0163-660X&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1162%2F01636600252820162&amp;rft.aulast=Blinken&amp;rft.aufirst=Antony+J.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAntony+Blinken" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlinken2001" class="citation journal cs1">Blinken, Antony J. 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Clarke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_Reform_Support_Group" title="Elections Reform Support Group">Elections Reform Support Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_Cabinet_of_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Current_U.S._Cabinet" title="Template:Current U.S. Cabinet"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Current_U.S._Cabinet" title="Template talk:Current U.S. Cabinet"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Current_U.S._Cabinet" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Current U.S. Cabinet"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_Cabinet_of_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Members of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet of the United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cabinet members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Biden</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Harris</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Becerra</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blinken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Buttigieg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cardona" title="Miguel Cardona">Cardona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrick_Garland" title="Merrick Garland">Garland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Granholm" title="Jennifer Granholm">Granholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deb_Haaland" title="Deb Haaland">Haaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas" title="Alejandro Mayorkas">Mayorkas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">McDonough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gina_Raimondo" title="Gina Raimondo">Raimondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Su" title="Julie Su">Su</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrianne_Todman" title="Adrianne Todman">Todman</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Vilsack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Yellen" title="Janet Yellen">Yellen</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="White House Logo"><img alt="White House Logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg/100px-US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg/150px-US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg/200px-US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="83" data-file-height="58" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States#Cabinet-level_officials" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet-level members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Bernstein" title="Jared Bernstein">Bernstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Burns_(diplomat)" title="William J. Burns (diplomat)">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Guzman" title="Isabel Guzman">Guzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avril_Haines" title="Avril Haines">Haines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arati_Prabhakar" title="Arati Prabhakar">Prabhakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_S._Regan" title="Michael S. Regan">Regan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Tai" title="Katherine Tai">Tai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield">Thomas-Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shalanda_Young" title="Shalanda Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Zients</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup>a</sup> acting<br /><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Joe_Biden" title="Cabinet of Joe Biden">Cabinet of Joe Biden</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cabinet_of_President_Joe_Biden_(2021–present)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Fudge" title="Marcia Fudge">Marcia Fudge</a> (2021–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrianne_Todman" title="Adrianne Todman">Adrianne Todman</a> (acting) (2024–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation">Secretary of Transportation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy" title="United States Secretary of Energy">Secretary of Energy</a></th><td 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency">Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_S._Regan" title="Michael S. 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title="Jeff Zients">Jeff Zients</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_appointments_by_Joe_Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="Political appointments by Joe Biden">Political appointments by Joe Biden</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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Lew</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ashton Carter</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2015–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">Attorney General</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynch" title="Loretta Lynch">Loretta Lynch</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2015–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">Secretary of the Interior</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Sally_Jewell" title="Sally Jewell">Sally Jewell</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">Secretary of Agriculture</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2009–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Pritzker" title="Penny Pritzker">Penny Pritzker</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">Secretary of Labor</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Perez" title="Tom Perez">Thomas Perez</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">Secretary of Health and<br />&#160; Human Services</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2014–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education" title="United States Secretary of Education">Secretary of Education</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation">Secretary of Transportation</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_King_Jr." title="John King Jr.">John King Jr.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Foxx" title="Anthony Foxx">Anthony Foxx</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2016–2017<br />2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development">Secretary of Housing and Urban<br />&#160; Development</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Julian_Castro" title="Julian Castro">Julian Castro</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2014–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._McDonald" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert A. McDonald">Robert A. McDonald</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2014–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddf;;width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy" title="United States Secretary of Energy">Secretary of Energy</a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddf;;width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Moniz" title="Ernest Moniz">Ernest Moniz</a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddf;;width:8%"> 2013–2017</td><td style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddf;;width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddf;;width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeh_Johnson" title="Jeh Johnson">Jeh Johnson</a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddf;;width:8%"> 2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2009–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House Chief of Staff</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">Director of the Office of Management and<br />&#160; Budget</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Donovan" title="Shaun Donovan">Shaun Donovan</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2014–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency">Administrator of the Environmental<br />&#160; Protection Agency</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Gina_McCarthy" title="Gina McCarthy">Gina McCarthy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">Ambassador to the United Nations</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Samantha_Power" title="Samantha Power">Samantha Power</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Economic_Advisers" title="Council of Economic Advisers">Chair of the Council of Economic<br />&#160; Advisers</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Furman" title="Jason Furman">Jason Furman</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_United_States_Trade_Representative" title="Office of the United States Trade Representative">Trade Representative</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Froman" title="Michael Froman">Michael Froman</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2013–2017</td><td style="width:18%"> <a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Small_Business_Administration" title="Administrator of the Small Business Administration">Administrator of the Small Business Administration</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Maria_Contreras-Sweet" title="Maria Contreras-Sweet">Maria Contreras-Sweet</a></td><td style="width:8%"> 2014–2017</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small><i>Below solid line: Granted <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States#Cabinet-level_officers" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet rank</a> although not automatically part of the Cabinet. 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Jones">James L. Jones</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rouse" title="Pete Rouse">Pete Rouse</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Donilon" title="Thomas E. Donilon">Thomas E. Donilon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/William_M._Daley" title="William M. Daley">William M. Daley</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Susan_Rice" title="Susan Rice">Susan Rice</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lew" title="Jack Lew">Jack Lew</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–13</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)">Deputy National Security Advisor</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Donilon" title="Thomas E. Donilon">Thomas E. Donilon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Deputy_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Deputy Chief of Staff">White House Deputy Chief of Staff</a> for Policy</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Mona_Sutphen" title="Mona Sutphen">Mona Sutphen</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Antony Blinken</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Nancy-Ann_DeParle" title="Nancy-Ann DeParle">Nancy-Ann DeParle</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Avril_Haines" title="Avril Haines">Avril Haines</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Nabors" title="Rob Nabors">Rob Nabors</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–15</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Homeland Security</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_O._Brennan" class="mw-redirect" title="John O. Brennan">John O. Brennan</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Messina_(political_staffer)" title="Jim Messina (political staffer)">Jim Messina</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Monaco" title="Lisa Monaco">Lisa Monaco</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Mastromonaco" title="Alyssa Mastromonaco">Alyssa Mastromonaco</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Iraq and Afghanistan</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Lute" title="Douglas Lute">Douglas Lute</a>†</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Decker_Breckenridge" title="Anita Decker Breckenridge">Anita Decker Breckenridge</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Strategic Comm.</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Rhodes_(White_House_staffer)" title="Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)">Ben Rhodes</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Mark_B._Childress" title="Mark B. Childress">Mark B. Childress</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Chief of Staff</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lippert" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Lippert">Mark Lippert</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Kristie_Canegallo" title="Kristie Canegallo">Kristie Canegallo</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Counselor_to_the_President" title="Counselor to the President">Counselor to the President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rouse" title="Pete Rouse">Pete Rouse</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brooke_D._Anderson" title="Brooke D. Anderson">Brooke D. Anderson</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_Podesta" title="John Podesta">John Podesta</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–15</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Communications_Director" title="White House Communications Director">White House Communications Director</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Moran" title="Ellen Moran">Ellen Moran</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Senior_Advisor_to_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Senior Advisor to the President of the United States">Senior Advisor to the President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Axelrod_(political_consultant)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Axelrod (political consultant)">David Axelrod</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Dunn" title="Anita Dunn">Anita Dunn</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Plouffe" title="David Plouffe">David Plouffe</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer" title="Daniel Pfeiffer">Daniel Pfeiffer</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer" title="Daniel Pfeiffer">Daniel Pfeiffer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–15</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Palmieri" title="Jennifer Palmieri">Jennifer Palmieri</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Shailagh_Murray" title="Shailagh Murray">Shailagh Murray</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2015–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jen_Psaki" title="Jen Psaki">Jen Psaki</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Senior Advisor to the President</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rouse" title="Pete Rouse">Pete Rouse</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"> Deputy White House Communications Director</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jen_Psaki" title="Jen Psaki">Jen Psaki</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Deese" title="Brian Deese">Brian Deese</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2015–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Palmieri" title="Jennifer Palmieri">Jennifer Palmieri</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Senior Advisor to the President and</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett" title="Valerie Jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Amy Brundage</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Assistant to the President for</td><td style="width:8%"></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"></td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Liz Allen</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs</td><td style="width:8%"></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"></td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary" title="White House Press Secretary">White House Press Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibbs" title="Robert Gibbs">Robert Gibbs</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Public_Liaison" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Public Liaison">Public Engagement</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Tina_Tchen" title="Tina Tchen">Tina Tchen</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jay_Carney" title="Jay Carney">Jay Carney</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Jon Carson</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Earnest" title="Josh Earnest">Josh Earnest</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Paulette L. Aniskoff</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Deputy Press Secretary</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Burton_(political_consultant)" title="Bill Burton (political consultant)">Bill Burton</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Intergovernmental_Affairs" title="White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs">Intergovernmental Affairs</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Cecilia Muñoz">Cecilia Muñoz</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Earnest" title="Josh Earnest">Josh Earnest</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> David Agnew</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Schultz" title="Eric Schultz">Eric Schultz</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Abramson" title="Jerry Abramson">Jerry Abramson</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director of Special Projects</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Cutter" title="Stephanie Cutter">Stephanie Cutter</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/National_Economic_Council_(United_States)" title="National Economic Council (United States)">National Economic Council</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Summers" title="Lawrence Summers">Lawrence Summers</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Speechwriting</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau_(speechwriter)" title="Jon Favreau (speechwriter)">Jon Favreau</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Gene_Sperling" title="Gene Sperling">Gene Sperling</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Cody_Keenan" title="Cody Keenan">Cody Keenan</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Jeff Zients</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Digital Strategy</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Macon_Phillips" title="Macon Phillips">Macon Phillips</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Economic_Advisers" title="Council of Economic Advisers">Council of Economic Advisers</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Christina_Romer" title="Christina Romer">Christina Romer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"> Chief Digital Officer</td><td style="width:8%"> Jason Goldman</td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Austan_Goolsbee" title="Austan Goolsbee">Austan Goolsbee</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–13</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Legislative Affairs</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Schiliro" title="Phil Schiliro">Phil Schiliro</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Furman" title="Jason Furman">Jason Furman</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Nabors" title="Rob Nabors">Rob Nabors</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Jobs_and_Competitiveness" title="President&#39;s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness">Economic Recovery Advisory Board</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Volcker" title="Paul Volcker">Paul Volcker</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Katie_Beirne_Fallon" title="Katie Beirne Fallon">Katie Beirne Fallon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Jobs_and_Competitiveness" title="President&#39;s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness">Council on Jobs and Competitiveness</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Immelt" title="Jeff Immelt">Jeff Immelt</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Miguel Rodriguez</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Domestic_Policy_Council" title="United States Domestic Policy Council">Domestic Policy Council</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Melody_Barnes" title="Melody Barnes">Melody Barnes</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Amy Rosenbaum</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Cecilia Muñoz">Cecilia Muñoz</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Political Affairs</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gaspard" title="Patrick Gaspard">Patrick Gaspard</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Faith-Based_and_Neighborhood_Partnerships" title="White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships">Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Joshua_DuBois" title="Joshua DuBois">Joshua DuBois</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Simas" title="David Simas">David Simas</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Rogers" title="Melissa Rogers">Melissa Rogers</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Presidential Personnel</td><td style="width:8%"> Nancy Hogan</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Health_Reform" title="White House Office of Health Reform">Office of Health Reform</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Nancy-Ann_DeParle" title="Nancy-Ann DeParle">Nancy-Ann DeParle</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Johnathan D. McBride</td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_AIDS_Policy" title="Office of National AIDS Policy">Office of National AIDS Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Crowley" title="Jeffrey Crowley">Jeffrey Crowley</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Valerie E. Green</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Grant N. Colfax</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Rodin A. Mehrbani</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Douglas M. Brooks</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_the_Staff_Secretary" title="White House Office of the Staff Secretary">White House Staff Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Brown_(lawyer)" title="Lisa Brown (lawyer)">Lisa Brown</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Urban_Affairs" title="White House Office of Urban Affairs">Office of Urban Affairs</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Carri%C3%B3n_Jr." title="Adolfo Carrión Jr.">Adolfo Carrión Jr.</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Rajesh_De" title="Rajesh De">Rajesh De</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Racquel S. Russell</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Douglas Kramer</td><td style="width:5%"> 2012–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Roy Austin Jr.</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Joani Walsh</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Energy_and_Climate_Change_Policy" title="White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy">Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Carol_Browner" title="Carol Browner">Carol Browner</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Management and Administration</td><td style="width:8%"> Bradley J. Kiley</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Counsel" title="White House Counsel">White House Counsel</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Gregory_B._Craig" title="Gregory B. Craig">Greg Craig</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Katy A. Kale</td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bauer" title="Robert Bauer">Bob Bauer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Maju_Varghese" title="Maju Varghese">Maju Varghese</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Ruemmler" title="Kathryn Ruemmler">Kathryn Ruemmler</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Scheduling and Advance</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Mastromonaco" title="Alyssa Mastromonaco">Alyssa Mastromonaco</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Eggleston" title="Neil Eggleston">Neil Eggleston</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Danielle Crutchfield</td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Cabinet_Secretary" title="White House Cabinet Secretary">White House Cabinet Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lu" title="Chris Lu">Chris Lu</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Chase Cushman</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Danielle_C._Gray" title="Danielle C. Gray">Danielle C. Gray</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, White House Information Technology</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Recordon" title="David Recordon">David Recordon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Broderick_D._Johnson" title="Broderick D. Johnson">Broderick D. Johnson</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Administration" title="Office of Administration">Office of Administration</a></td><td style="width:8%"> Cameron Moody</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Personal Aide to the President</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Love" title="Reggie Love">Reggie Love</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Beth Jones</td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mosteller" title="Brian Mosteller">Brian Mosteller</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Cathy Solomon</td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Marvin D. Nicholson</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Science_and_Technology_Policy" title="Office of Science and Technology Policy">Office of Science and Technology Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_Holdren" title="John Holdren">John Holdren</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Oval_Office_Operations" title="Oval Office Operations">Oval Office Operations</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mosteller" title="Brian Mosteller">Brian Mosteller</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–17</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Technology_Officer_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Technology Officer of the United States">Chief Technology Officer</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Aneesh_Chopra" title="Aneesh Chopra">Aneesh Chopra</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Secretary to the President of the United States">Personal Secretary to the President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Katie_Johnson_(presidential_secretary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Katie Johnson (presidential secretary)">Katie Johnson</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Park" title="Todd Park">Todd Park</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2012–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Decker_Breckenridge" title="Anita Decker Breckenridge">Anita Decker Breckenridge</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Megan_Smith" title="Megan Smith">Megan Smith</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ferial_Govashiri" title="Ferial Govashiri">Ferial Govashiri</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">Office of Management and Budget</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Peter_R._Orszag" title="Peter R. Orszag">Peter R. Orszag</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="Office of the First Lady of the United States">Chief of Staff to the First Lady</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Norris" title="Jackie Norris">Jackie Norris</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lew" title="Jack Lew">Jack Lew</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Susan_Sher" title="Susan Sher">Susan Sher</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Jeff Zients</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2012–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Tina_Tchen" title="Tina Tchen">Tina Tchen</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Social_Secretary" title="White House Social Secretary">White House Social Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Desir%C3%A9e_Rogers" title="Desirée Rogers">Desirée Rogers</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Deese" title="Brian Deese">Brian Deese</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Julianna_Smoot" title="Julianna Smoot">Julianna Smoot</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Donovan" title="Shaun Donovan">Shaun Donovan</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Bernard" title="Jeremy Bernard">Jeremy Bernard</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–15</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Chief_Information_Officer_of_the_United_States" title="Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States">Chief Information Officer</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Vivek_Kundra" title="Vivek Kundra">Vivek Kundra</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Deesha_Dyer" title="Deesha Dyer">Deesha Dyer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2015–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Steven_VanRoekel" title="Steven VanRoekel">Steven VanRoekel</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States">Chief of Staff to the Vice President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Klain" title="Ron Klain">Ron Klain</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Tony Scott</td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Reed_(political_operative)" title="Bruce Reed (political operative)">Bruce Reed</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Trade_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Trade Representative">United States Trade Representative</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Kirk" title="Ron Kirk">Ron Kirk</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ricchetti" title="Steve Ricchetti">Steve Ricchetti</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Froman" title="Michael Froman">Michael Froman</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_Usher" title="White House Chief Usher">White House Chief Usher</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Rochon" title="Stephen W. Rochon">Stephen W. Rochon</a>†</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_Drug_Control_Policy" title="Office of National Drug Control Policy">Office of National Drug Control Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Gil_Kerlikowske" title="Gil Kerlikowske">Gil Kerlikowske</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Angella_Reid" title="Angella Reid">Angella Reid</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Botticelli" title="Michael Botticelli">Michael Botticelli</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Military_Office" title="White House Military Office">White House Military Office</a></td><td style="width:8%"> George Mulligan</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–13</td><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Environmental_Quality" title="Council on Environmental Quality">Council on Environmental Quality</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Sutley" title="Nancy Sutley">Nancy Sutley</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Emmett Beliveau</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–15</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Michael Boots</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Dabney Kern</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2016–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Christy_Goldfuss" title="Christy Goldfuss">Christy Goldfuss</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>† Remained from <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. 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McKeon</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady</td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Elizondo" title="Carlos Elizondo">Carlos Elizondo</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> National Security Adviser to the Vice President</td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Kahl" title="Colin Kahl">Colin Kahl</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> <table style="font-size:100%; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;;width:75%"> Position</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;;width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> Appointee</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> <a href="/wiki/Wife_of_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Wife of the Vice President of the United States">Chief of Staff to the Second Lady</a></td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Catherine_M._Russell" title="Catherine M. 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Russell</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President</td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Moises_Vela" title="Moises Vela">Moises Vela</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President</td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Terrell_McSweeny" title="Terrell McSweeny">Terrell McSweeny</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President</td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Jared_Bernstein" title="Jared Bernstein">Jared Bernstein</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> Press Secretary to the Vice President</td><td style="width:25%; border-left:2px #fff solid"> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Alexander_(press_secretary)" title="Elizabeth Alexander (press secretary)">Elizabeth Alexander</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:75%"> Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President</td><td style="width:25%; 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