Category: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

State Department’s Second-Highest Ranking Diplomat, Wendy Sherman, Set to Retire

May 12, 2023
ArchivedDoS - U.S. State DepartmentNewsSecretary of State Anthony BlinkenUSWendy Sherman
0 Comment

After decades in government, the No. 2 diplomat in the Biden administration is retiring. On May 12, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken announced the retirement of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Sherman, who has been engaged in some of the most significant and contentious foreign policy choices made by Democratic administrations since Bill Clinton…

Read More

State Department Faces Subpoena From Foreign Affairs Committee Over Afghanistan Records

March 23, 2023
Afghanistan withdrawcongressDepartment of StateExecutive BranchHouse Foreign Affairs CommitteePoliticsSecretary of State Anthony BlinkenUS
0 Comment

The State Department is facing a potential subpoena from the House Foreign Affairs Committee after failing to disclose a pair of records regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The department failed to provide an after-action report and a dissent cable in response to a request by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) by end…

Read More

Blinken Stalling Congress on Withdrawal From Afghanistan: Rep. McCaul

March 3, 2023
PoliticsRep. James Comer (R-Ky.)Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas)Secretary of State Anthony BlinkenUS
0 Comment

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has not fully complied with a request for information on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan made by the House Foreign Relations Committee, according to Chairman Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas). Similar requests were made to Blinken and four other administration officials by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, but it’s…

Read More

US, India Vow to Bolster Ties Despite Strain Over US-Pakistan Arms Deal

September 28, 2022
Asia & PacificIndiaPakistan-USSecretary of State Anthony BlinkenSubrahmanyam JaishankarUSWorld
0 Comment

Top U.S. and Indian officials on Sept. 27 pledged to deepen security and economic cooperation against the backdrop of Washington’s $450 million F-16 deal with Pakistan, which India has strongly opposed. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Washington, a day after his separate meeting with Pakistan’s…

Read More

House Republicans Tell State Department to Preserve All Documents on Grants Backing Atheism

August 3, 2022
atheismDepartment of StateHouse Republican Study CommitteeehumanismMiddle EastRSC Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)Secretary of State Anthony BlinkenSouth/Central AsiaUS
0 Comment

Eighteen House Republicans, led by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), are warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken to preserve all official documents and communications on a grant program promoting atheism overseas. Their warning came in an Aug. 2 letter made public on Aug. 3 in which the House GOPers told Blinken that…

Read More

House GOPers Demanding Answers on Why Grants Going to Boost Atheism Overseas

June 30, 2022
atheismPoliticsRep Jim BanksRepublicansSecretary of State Anthony BlinkenUSUS News
0 Comment

House Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and 15 GOP colleagues are challenging the legality of State Department grants—of as much as $500,000 each—to international “organizations committed to the practice and spread of atheism and humanism.” Their challenge is contained in a June 30 letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of…

Read More