Antony Blinken

Normalization with Saudi Arabia, that can happen tomorrow based on the work that we've done, the investments we've made, once there is an end to the conflict in Gaza and an agreement on a credible pathway forward for the Palestinians. All of that work is there. That's what we'll be handing over. But

It requires leaders to make really hard decisions, and it requires somehow moving beyond the trauma of two societies, Israeli and Palestinian, that we see and that have taken root. That's going to be the really hard part.

It requires leaders to make really hard decisions, and it requires somehow moving beyond the trauma of two societies, Israeli and Palestinian, that we see and that have taken root. That's going to be the really hard part.

Look, here's what I can tell you. Look at everything we've done, everything I believe that we've achieved in this administration at home and around the world. And whether you agree or not, I think there's a very strong record of achievement, historic in many ways.

Look, here's what I can tell you. Look at everything we've done, everything I believe that we've achieved in this administration at home and around the world. And whether you agree or not, I think there's a very strong record of achievement, historic in many ways.

Every single one of those achievements has been the product of a decision that was made by the president of the United States, by President Biden, not by me, not by others in the administration, by the president. His judgment, his decision, his action has been proven reflected in what we've done, what we've achieved. That's the basis upon which to judge whether he's been an effective president.

Every single one of those achievements has been the product of a decision that was made by the president of the United States, by President Biden, not by me, not by others in the administration, by the president. His judgment, his decision, his action has been proven reflected in what we've done, what we've achieved. That's the basis upon which to judge whether he's been an effective president.

And I believe the answer is resoundingly yes.

And I believe the answer is resoundingly yes.

Look, we all change. We all age. I have a I have a four, soon to be five-year-old daughter. I was sitting with her the other day and now four years in, and she was saying, oh, daddy's wearing a white shirt. He's got on a blue suit. He has black shoes and he has gray hair. And I said, no, no, no, my hair's brown. And she said, no, it's gray. We all get older. We all change as we get older.

Look, we all change. We all age. I have a I have a four, soon to be five-year-old daughter. I was sitting with her the other day and now four years in, and she was saying, oh, daddy's wearing a white shirt. He's got on a blue suit. He has black shoes and he has gray hair. And I said, no, no, no, my hair's brown. And she said, no, it's gray. We all get older. We all change as we get older.

But again, what I've seen when it comes to judgment, when it comes to decisions that do right by the country. He's shown that judgment. He's made those decisions.

But again, what I've seen when it comes to judgment, when it comes to decisions that do right by the country. He's shown that judgment. He's made those decisions.

You know, my friend Tom Friedman wrote a few months ago a column that basically said, parents, don't let your sons and daughters grow up to be Secretary of State. It's a different world than it was when some of my predecessors were doing this.

You know, my friend Tom Friedman wrote a few months ago a column that basically said, parents, don't let your sons and daughters grow up to be Secretary of State. It's a different world than it was when some of my predecessors were doing this.

And I think at the heart of that is something I've seen over 32 years that I've been engaged in foreign policy, starting at the very beginning of the Clinton administration and now concluding with the Biden administration, which is that Now, and in recent years, there's been a greater multiplicity, a greater complexity, a greater interconnectedness of problems than ever before.

And I think at the heart of that is something I've seen over 32 years that I've been engaged in foreign policy, starting at the very beginning of the Clinton administration and now concluding with the Biden administration, which is that Now, and in recent years, there's been a greater multiplicity, a greater complexity, a greater interconnectedness of problems than ever before.

And they're happening at a speed that we've never experienced before. And as a result, It's a very different challenge, but some basic fundamentals haven't changed, at least for me. And yes, it does go to the lessons that I learned from my stepfather, from my father and other relatives, almost all of whom came to this country

And they're happening at a speed that we've never experienced before. And as a result, It's a very different challenge, but some basic fundamentals haven't changed, at least for me. And yes, it does go to the lessons that I learned from my stepfather, from my father and other relatives, almost all of whom came to this country

as immigrants, as refugees, fleeing oppression, fleeing the case of my stepfather, the war and the Holocaust that eliminated his entire family, and each in one way or another finding themselves on our shores. And having seen the United States as the last best hope, having come here, rebuilt their lives, and flourished because this is the country that we are.