Author: Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

On the commemoration of the August 7, 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, we honor the memory of those who lost their lives on that tragic day.  These horrific terrorist attacks killed 224 people, including 12 Americans serving our country overseas and 34 Kenyans and 10 Tanzanians who were part of our State […]

Today we mark sixteen years since Russia invaded the sovereign nation of Georgia and remember those killed, injured, or displaced by Russia’s military campaign and illegal occupation.  To this day, Russia continues to occupy 20 percent of Georgia’s territory and impose its will on the people there, including by claiming the transfer of strategically important lands […]