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Secretary of State Anthony Blanket delivers farewell, urges continued U.S. engagement

2126916 · January 17, 2025
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Secretary of State Anthony Blanket delivered a farewell address to Department of State staff and diplomatic personnel worldwide, praised career staff, framed current global challenges as intense and interconnected, and urged continued U.S. engagement and alliance-building as he prepares to return to private life.

Secretary of State Anthony Blanket delivered a farewell address to Department of State staff and diplomats worldwide, urging continued U.S. engagement and cooperation and saying he will return to private life.

Blanket spoke to colleagues at Department of State facilities across the United States and at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad, thanking staff and listing senior aides and deputies by name. A Department of State official introduced him as “the 71st Secretary of State of the United States of America, Anthony Blanket.”

Why it matters: the secretary framed U.S. foreign policy as facing a period of intensified competition and interlinked global challenges and…

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