Antony Blinken Archives - New Jersey Globe

Smith calls on Biden to meet with families of servicemembers killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

August 30, 2023 1:22 pm

At a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable yesterday with the families of the servicemembers killed during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) called on President Joe Biden and top Defense Department officials to meet with those Gold...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

July 21, 2023 4:00 pmJuly 21, 2023 12:43 pm

After last week’s contentious defense bill debate, the House had had an aviation-focused week, with several New Jersey-led amendments successfully being added to an important Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) bill. Here’s some of what New Jersey’s 14 members of Congress...

Menendez slaps Blinken on Afghanistan, demands ‘accountability’

September 14, 2021 2:45 pmSeptember 14, 2021 11:05 pm

New Jersey’s Bob Menendez isn’t giving President Joe Biden a pass on the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan just because they’re both Democrats. As chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Menendez made that clear this morning when...

Menendez statement on Biden nominations

November 23, 2020 1:00 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden nominated Antony Blinken as Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Avril...