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President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. Republicans are insisting on pairing the funding with changes to America’s immigration and border policies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden invites Zelenskyy to the White House amid a stepped-up push for Congress to approve more aid

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during an Anti-Corruption Champion Awards Ceremony at the State Department, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Blinken defends bypassing Congress to sell weapons to Israel and presses lawmakers to help Ukraine

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman holds her child after an Israeli strike on her neighborhood in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel presses on with Gaza offensive after U.S. veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war

By Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Blinken on November 30 urged Israel to create safe zones for Palestinian civilians in Gaza before it resumes "major military operations" in the Hamas-ruled territory. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

In a rare action against Israel, U.S. says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Biden, Blinken must change tune on Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media prior to departure from Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emorates, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. The United States remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the resumption of the Israel-Hamas war after a week-long truce, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken sees goals largely unfulfilled in Mideast trip, even as Israel pledges to protect civilians

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Live updates | Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza as cease-fire ends, health officials say

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Live updates | Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza as cease-fire ends, health officials say

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Live updates | Israeli strikes kill over 175 people in Gaza as cease-fire ends, health officials say

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Live updates | Israeli strikes kill over 175 people in Gaza as cease-fire ends, health officials say

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Blinken urges Israel to comply with international law in war against Hamas as truce is extended

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Released Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Abu Al-Humus, 17, hugs his mother after arriving home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. Eleven Israeli women and children, freed by Hamas, entered Israel Monday night in the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, which began Friday and had been due to run out. Qatar said Israel was to release 33 Palestinians from its prisons, mostly teenagers. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Live updates | Israel releases 30 prisoners after Hamas frees 12 hostages in extended truce deal

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks during an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2022. Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Amid signs that a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas due to expire on Monday may be extended, Blinken departs for Brussels where he will attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting at which the alliance will reaffirm its support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Ukraine and the Western Balkans top Blinken’s agenda for NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives board his aircraft prior to departure, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he travels to Brussels for a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Blinken to return to Israel as U.S. hopes to see further extensions of Gaza cease-fire

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media after participating in the so-called "2+2 Dialogue" in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Blinken says ‘far too many’ Palestinians have died as Israel wages relentless war on Hamas

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Palestinians wait to collect the bodies of the Hijazi family that was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip fron a morgue in Rafah on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Live updates | Thousands of Palestinians flee fighting in Gaza’s north after safe passage announced

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second right, takes a seat next to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, right, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, second left, as he attends an outreach session during the Group of 7 Foreign Ministers meetings in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

G7 nations announce a unified stance on Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo

By Matthew Lee, Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference after the Group of 7 Foreign Ministers meetings Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Blinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Josef Federman - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. and South Korea close ranks on common global issues during Blinken visit

By Matthew Lee and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A Palestinian wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | More Palestinians fleeing combat zone in northern Gaza, UN says

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