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Oct 27

WATCH: Blinken announces efforts to modernize the State Department

By Associated Press

Blinken has plans to create a new cyberspace and digital policy bureau, and boost expertise in emerging technologies in the foreign service. He also wants Congress to approve a 50 percent increase in the State Department's IT budget.

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Sep 27

State Department spokesperson tests positive for COVID-19 after U.N. General Assembly

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Price says he tested positive for coronavirus Monday morning after returning from New York, where he attended the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week.

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Sep 01

WATCH: State Department holds a briefing after U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Associated Press

The U.S. State Department held a briefing on Wednesday after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Aug 26

About 1,000 Americans still in Afghanistan says State Department

By Associated Press

The State Department says it is tracking roughly 1,000 American citizens who it believes may still be in Afghanistan, as evacuation efforts proceed despite deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport.

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Aug 24

WATCH: State Department’s Ned Price and Under Secretary Nuland hold a briefing on Afghanistan

By Associated Press

The U.S. State Department’s Ned Price and Under Secretary Nuland are expected to hold a briefing on the situation in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

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Aug 19

WATCH: State Department’s Ned Price says U.S. struggling to speed Kabul airlift amid hurdles

By Associated Press

The United States struggled Thursday to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems.

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Aug 17

WATCH: State Department to send official to manage Afghanistan evacuation

By Associated Press

The State Department said it was sending John Bass, a former ambassador to Afghanistan, to manage the evacuation operation in Kabul, as the Taliban have assured "safe passage'  for civilians seeking to leave Afghanistan.

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Aug 16

WATCH: U.S. State Department tells Americans in Kabul to shelter in place

By Associated Press

Price spoke on a day when thousands of Afghans rushed into Kabul’s main airport, with some so desperate to escape the Taliban that they held onto a military jet as it took off and plunged to their deaths.

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Mar 03

WATCH: Blinken says China poses challenge to U.S. foreign policy

By Associated Press

Blinken's comments came Wednesday during a speech at the State Department in Washington where he laid out the Biden administration's foreign policy agenda, with eight priorities.

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Feb 16

U.S. urges Yemen’s rebels to halt attack on central province

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The U.S. has urged Yemen's rebels to halt their attack on the central province of Marib, warning against exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest country.

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