Takeaways from Secretary of State-Nominee Tony Blinken
from USA Today
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be America’s next secretary of state, Antony Blinken, confirmed during his Senate confirmation hearings that the U.S. will not move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv, and reiterated that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. He also backed the Trump administration’s determination that China is committing genocide against the Uighur people, a Muslim minority group.