Episode 1302
Antony Blinken
Wed, 2020-Nov-25 01:07 UTC
Length - 2:15
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With 241,657 views on Tuesday, 24 November 2020 our article of the day is Antony Blinken.
Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official who served as U. S. Deputy Secretary of State from 2015 to 2017 and Deputy National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2015 under President Barack Obama. Blinken is now a global affairs analyst for CNN and has been chosen by President-elect Joe Biden for the position of Secretary of State. During the Clinton administration, Blinken served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council staff. He was also a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2001–2002), Democratic Staff Director of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (2002–2008), and a member of the Obama–Biden presidential transition, active from November 2008 to January 2009, among other positions. From 2009 to 2013, Blinken served as Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President.
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