next secretary of state anthony boykin delivers welcome remarks to staff and colleagues on his first day of the state department. he outlined several goals and priorities of the new a administration during the ten minute address. >> my honor to welcome back the department of state our new secretary of state tony bliken, secretary blinking is a familiar face in these halls having served previously first in the bureau of european and canadian affairs and deputy secretary of state, he is as we say in the department well and favorably known to the department of state and are career professionals, we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. this is an unusual event, normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering state department employees i assure you we had to take extraordinary measures to keep them away at this time but do not let that deceive you in any way there is enormous enthusiasm on part of the h carr professionals who have known and worked with secretary lincoln, he is a man of honor and integrity, vision and character and he will lead this department in advance the interest o

of state. he is well-known to the department of state in our career professionals. we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. this is an unusual event today. normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering state department employees. i assure you we had to take extraordinary measures in order to keep them away at this time, but don't let that deceive you in anyway, there is enormous enthusiasm on the part of the career professionals who have known and worked with sec. blinken over the course of his career. he is a man of honor and integrity, vision and character, and he will lead this department and advance the american people with great vigor and great passion. so on behalf of the career professionals of the department of state, foreign service, civil service, our locally employed staff around the world, it is my great honor and privilege to present to you the secretary of state, anthony j blinken -- antony j. blinken. sec. blinken: thank you for that incredibly warm welcome. more importantly, for serving as acting secretary of state, fo

that really helps with the mission of the department of state, and the mission of the department of state has been since its inception to promote the values of the united states of america, so the better you can communicate, the better. >> diplomats can't be deterred by something like a lack of electricity. they still have to go out and do their job. this is a fine example of going out and doing it despite your environment. >> absolutely. sometimes, they have to make calls on the ground. sometimes, they get instruction. >> absolutely. every good government job has a handbook, right? this is called a resident officer handbook. it was used by a unique class of newly minted foreign officers in 1950. normally, officers would go off to various parts of the world, but this class was unique. they all went to the same place. they all went to germany. why would they all go to germany in 1950? >> well, there was world war ii. what we are looking at here are real diplomatic efforts in germany. political instability in germany. the competing forces between communism and for bringing democracy back to

are fantastic artifacts, i think, and also one thing most people might not know is that the department of state is the custodian of the official great seal which might be surprising there's still some domestic duties associated with the department of state. >> a lot of people say 1776, but when countries fight for their independence they don't have on independence, you can say whatever you want, until you aren't recognized is that you don't exist. >> it doesn't matter as long as that great seal is on that document. you represent it internationally and you're represented in the united states and this here united states of america and it carries the weight of the sof renzi of the nation and so these seals essentially do the same purpose. seals have been used since roman times or before usually with wax or some sort of -- and they had screws on them so these are a little bit more modern than those earlier presses. right, these are called impression seals and obviously, the seal itself or the die is this disk that is part of this mechanism and the counselor officer or whoever at the consulate is op

and also, one thing most people know, is that the department of state is the custodian of the official great seal. which might be surprising. there's still some domestic duties associated with the department of state. >> a lot of people think about 1776, that's the establishment of america. but when countries fight for their independence, they don't have recognition unless other countries recognize them. you can say whatever you want, whoever you are but until you recognized in the international community you don't really exist. and so part of having the great seal, it's the signature of the united states. >> exactly. >> it doesn't matter which person actually writes their signature, as long as that great seal is on that document, you present it internationally, you're represented in the united states but i am telling you that this here, this is the united states of america. it carries the weight of the sovereignty of the nation. and so these seals, essentially, do the same purpose. seals have been used since roman times, or before, you know usually with wax or some sort of -- they had

next, secretary of state antony blinken delivers welcome the marts -- welcome remarks on his first day of the state department. he offers several priorities during this 10 minute address. sec. blinken: it is my honor and privilege to welcome back our new secretary of state, tony blinken. he has a familiar face in these halls, having served previously first and the bureau of european and canadian affairs and most recently as deputy harry secretary of state. he is well and favorably known to the department of state and career professionals. we are excited to have him as our new secretary of state. this is an unusual event. normally this room would be packed with thousands of cheering employees, i assure you that we had to take extraordinary measures to keep them away at this time. but, do not let that deceive you in any way, there is enormous enthusiasm from the career professionals who have worked with sec. blinken over the course of this year. he has a man of honor, integrity, vision, and character. he will lead this department and advance the -- on behalf of the career professionals, are locally employed sta

they provide them to the department of state. you can look in the statute. the statute says the department of state receives the votes from he counties. one of the candidates in this case, the losing candidate, did ask the court to enjoin us from certifying the results of that election. the court denied that, dennis. it's very simple. the counties provide certification. we have a duty to then certify the election. the winner in this race based on the certifications was senator brewster. we certified that race at the same time we certified all the races. he was -- that's the simple fact of the matter. the courts, you know are still active and will decide it from here. thank you. >> thank you, dennis. our next question is from ryan from cbs 21. ryan, please unmute. reporter: my question is for you, secretary, and really i have two. we haven't heard from you in i want to say almost two months. why has it been that long since you've been part of one of these press conferences? >> i don't think we've done any election press conferences in two months so it's been a

state department, they are still operating on statutes 30 years old. it is no secret power has been transferred over time from the department of state to the department of defense. what we should do and what i think senator menendez committed to doing is annually authorize the department of state, maybe at the same time we did the department of defense. that will empower state and usaid to be at the table in the way that cannot today. major: another question, you have long been a champion of the transatlantic relationship, one of the main obstacles to a reboot, what needs to be undone that was done in the last four years? sen. murphy: many of our transatlantic partners have got other plans. we have just seen this significant agreement with china. we have seen countries like france start to deploy more unilateral foreign policy toward the middle east. north africa. so it is going to take work to bring those countries back into a transatlantic coalition. but it is not impossible. china is the primary example of where transatlantic cooperation is vitally necessary. the europeans know and president-elect biden knows that there is no strategy to manage the r

. >> newly confirmed secretary of state antony blinken held a press briefing with reporters at the state department earlier today. here's that now. >> today i have the privilege of introducing to the first time the 71st secretary of state, mr. tony blinken. i turn it over to him. sec. blinken: thank you, good afternoon. let me start by saying my first ambition is to be known as the man who wrought net price to the state briefing room. that is a mission accomplished. in all seriousness, thank you everyone for coming here today. this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state. and to restate what i said before, it is an honor to be in this job, and i am gratified that the president seemed to fit to entrust me with this responsibility. i am incredibly excited about the work ahead. especially working with the men and women of the state department. to serve the american people and represent our country to the world. i want to spend a few minutes with all of you today. i want to say how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. some of you may know that i started my career

the department of state handles our relations with foreign countries through ambassadors and other emissariesre the personal representatives of the president. they are appointed by him, with the consent of the senate. the treasury department collects taxes and is concerned with the intricate administration of our country's finance including the printing of new money. and, when it becomes necessary, the destruction of old. the attorney general of the united states is responsible for federal legal matters and law enforcement. in the exercise of his powers, the attorney general is the guardian of the individual liberties of all the people. probably the most famous law enforcement arm of the attorney general's office is the federal bureau of investigation, acclaimed the world over for its modern scientific methods of crime detection. among the busiest and most vital of all cabinet departments is that of the postmaster general, overseeing a coast-to-coast 24 hour a day service that moves more than a billion pieces of mail a week. the department of the interior is in charge of the maintenance of pr

state of war has existed between the united states and the japanese empire. [applause] narrator: as chief executive, the president is assisted by 12 cabinet departments in administeringunctions of the federal government. these cabinet departments and their heads develop new concepts, new programs, new policies for evaluation and action by the president. the department of defense is charged with the duty of preserving, protecting, and defending our national security. it has a task that today involves 3 million men and women in the army, the navy, the air force, and the marine corps. ♪ the department of state handles our relations with foreign countries through ambassadors and other emissaries, who are the personal representative is of the president. they are appointed by him with the consent of the senate. the treasury department collects taxes and is concerned with the intricate administration of our country's finances, including the printing of new money. and when it becomes necessary, the destruction of old. the attorney general of the united states is responsible for federal legal matters and law enforcement. in the exercise of his powers, the attorney general is

the department of state under thomas jefferson, the department of war under henry knox, the departmentof the treasury under alexander hamilton. a combination of the powers of this new constitution and his position as secretary of the treasury gave alexander hamilton a perfect opportunity to correct the economic problems of the articles of confederation. to reassure the wealthy financiers and merchants who he believed were essential to the solvency of the united states, and also its economic progress, in 1790 and 1791, hamilton proposed a program that was designed to deal with debt, existing debt held by governments, money that governments owed. established government credit. it created a national bank and creates a permanent revenue stream. first, to create public credit, in 1790, hamilton asked congress to redeem the securities that the articles of confederation government issued during the war and the year is right after the war. most people believe these pieces of paper were much less than they set on their face, but hamilton said we have to pay them back with what they were suppose

as a matter of fact, he was assistant secretary at the state department and it is great to know we have that never-ending bond and that never ending connection but you see with the dedicated team of the great diplomatic corps at the state department and i have something in common with neil armstrong, we are both ohio voice, and we went off to purdue to study engineering. i did not become an astronaut or play went on tv, but i can tell you that space is personal for me. ever since i was that little 12 year old boy, sitting in the living room, with my mother and my father and two sisters. with their one tv, looking at those black and white snowy images. and watching that neil armstrong, one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. i just, developed a love affair with space. and i have had three, really great points of personal connection. the first was, my roommate at purdue one of my roommates he ended up going to the shuttle four times he end up being an astronaut. and i would never forget you come in late at night and maybe i was at a party and he was sitting down drawing use on

of congress that ran the government. george washington set up the same three executive functions as executive departments now under the president's new office that the constitution had created. the department of state under thomas jefferson, the department of war under henry knox, and the department of the treasury under alexander hamilton. the combination of the powers of this new constitution and his position as secretary of the treasury gave alexander hamilton the perfect opportunity to correct the economic problems under the articles of confederation and to reassure the wealthy financiers and merchants who he believed were essential to the solvency of the united states and also its economic progress. in 1790 and 1791 hamilton proposed a program that was designed to deal with debt, existing debt held by governments, that governments owed, establish government credit, create a national bank, and create a permanent revenue stream of taxes. first to create public credit. in 1790 hamilton asked congress to redeem the securities that the articles of confederation government had issued during the war and the years after the war at face value. most people believed these pieces of paper were worth much

also worked in the us department of state. and then perhaps most importantly over the past several decades he has trained generations of students and written some of the most influential books on china and u.s. china relations. over 30 books and major articles including china's future which we launch from washington d.c. here at the wilson center in 2016. he has conducted his research around the world in china, singapore, london, australia, russia and europe. most recently most important for today's program in southeast asia. he is the author of the newly published book where great powers meet. where great powers meet america in china and southeast asia. when is conducting his research and out during covid he has become china's number one training partner. the pain that status after covid but for now it has that status in the course the regional comprehensive partnership which launched free trading agreement has now been completed including china and japan and south korea. but not the united states for this is a topic that grow

state parks. speaking of infrastructure. we are proud that missouri's department of transportation continues to move critical projects forward despite the challenges of the past year. all told nearly 550 projects took place across the state, the injected approximately $1 billion back into missouri construction industry and economy. on top of this we recently allocated $83 million to conservative financial management. these funds will be used for transportation infrastructure needs including caution projects with low-volume roads, the backbone of her agriculture economy. [applause] it is also worth mentioning that when every state in the nation was feeling the financial strain of covid-19. we went back and sharpened our pistols and put our aaa bonding rating to work for our state. by refinancing and consolidating existing debt we saved missouri taxpayers approximately $22 million. [applause] in addition, are responsible planning and management will allow us to supplement the department of labor's unemployment trust fund and prevent a tax increase on all employers t

of the others were departed to do? >> i think that is part of it, but i think a big part of it was political. the reality is that the state department the agency for international developments, and the us information agency 's had no constituents congress. when the things about the defense department is that it spent hundreds of billions of dollars a year. as i found out when i was secretary the department of defense has contractors in every state, and every congressional district, is probably not but accident on the part of congress. and so you have a built in constituency both republican and democrat. for support of the defense programs where you don't have that kind of support for the civilian side. for an assistance, which comes under the agency for international development, which has long been one of the most unpopular government programs there is. so what it takes leadership, on the part of the president and others, and on the hill to help educate the american people why those capabilities are important. how well in little they cost. where the the points i make in the book is that in terms of gdp, gross domestic pr

states, and the head of the world jewish congress. you try to get information through the state department. the content of the letter is harrowing. s in hitler's headquarters plan is being considered to wipe out in one blow 300 million to 400 million jews this autumn. and with the state department writes here is that the litigation has no information that would confirm this rumor, and believes it is one of the many unreliable were rumors circulating in europe today. >> this is august 13th of 1942. you see the state department has written on here do not send. they block this information from making it to steven wise because they dismissed it as a unreliable war rumor. -- had also something formation to this man, a member of british parliament, samuel silverman. here you see a facsimile of the telegram that is then sent to the rabbi, you see in pencil, august 29th, 1942. the information does make it to wise from silverman that there's a plan, as he writes, -- number three and a half to 4 million after deportation and one blow exterminated to resolve once and for all the jewish question. lies goes to see secretary of state, whilst, a

that they don't really understand quite sometime the function of the state department and what do -- erican foreign service officers do? and so they will learn all of these stories, they'll be able to see these wonderful objects. >> and what is diplomacy? who does it? and why does it matter? is the key question to answer around every exhibition. why is this history relevant to every day americans? and what have our diplomats done and what they have done this to promote security and our national interests abroad. -- abroad? >> this is the second of the two-part look of the u.s. diplomacy center clecks. you can view part one and all programs at c-span.org/history. >> if you like american history tv, keep up with us during the week on facebook, twitter and youtube. learn about what happened this day in history and see preview clips of upcoming programs. follow us on c-span history. >> sunday on "the presidency." susan ford base, daughter of gerald ford reflect tons ford family time in the white house with former abc news white house correspondent ann compton. here's a preview. >> well, l

these objects. >> and also in part of our outreach, we do travel around the united states quite a bit, and most americans do know they can go to the state departmento get a passport, but they don't really quite understand sometimes, you know, the function of the state department and what do american foreign service officers do. and so they will learn all of these stories, they'll be able to see these wonderful objects and -- >> what is diplomacy, who does it and why does it matter is really the key question to answer throughout every exhibition. why is this history relevant to everyday americans, and what have our diplomats done -- what are they doing today and what have they done to promotebsdm= interests abroad. >> this was the second of a two-part look at the u.s. diplomacy center museum collections. you can view part 1 and all other american history tv programs at c-span.org/history. >>> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3. created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv t

alison: and also in part of our outreach, we do travel around the united states quite a bit. and most americans do know that they can go to the state departmento get a passport. but they don't really quite understand sometimes what the function of the state department is, and what do american foreign service officers do? and so, they will learn all of these stories, they'll be able to see these wonderful objects. katie: and what is diplomacy? who does it? and why does it matter, is really the key question to answer throughout every exhibition. why is this history relevant to everyday americans? and what have our diplomats done , what are they doing today, and what they have done this to promote security and our national interests abroad? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this was the second of two-part look of the u.s. eight diplomacy center collections. you can view part one and all other american history tv programs at c-span.org/history. you like american history tv, keep up with

of climate change. once confirmed, mr. blinken will also inherit a state department workforce in desperate need of a leader that knows that everyone on the team plays a critical role in advancing america's interests abroad. under president trump, our nation's diplomats and state department civilians were relegated to the sidelines, and too many positions in the state department were left vacant or relegated to irrelevance. so none of this will be easy, but i'm confident that mr. blinken is exactly the right person for the job. i look forward to seeing this chamber confirm his nomination later today. and after that, both parties must keep working together to confirm the rest of president biden's outstanding cabinet. we're off to a decent pace with the confirmation of the president's' secretaries of defense, treasury and the director of national intelligence. i appreciate the republican leader's cooperation and hope that we'll continue, because the country needs that. that pace must continue this week with the confirmation of the secretaries of homeland security and transportation. after that, we need a health and human serv

the department of state under thomas jefr sop. the department of war under henry knox, andd2j government issued during the war and right after the war at face value. most people believe these pieces o his second proposal was for a banks>á began with decreasing aristocratic privileges. and most americans were thrilled. they were delighted to welcome france into the era of revolutions, the era of increasing political power to the people. jefferson, who was in paris when the french revolution began, believed that the american revolution had sparked this beginning of a worldwide republican movement against absolute monarchy and against aristocratic privilege. other americans agreed. they seized on the slogan of the french revolution, liberty, equality and fraternity. boston, for example, renamed royal alley into equality lane. urban artisans in american cities formed democratic republican clubs modelled on the clubs in paris. but as the french revolution got more radical in the 1790s people started to worry. beginning in 1793 revolutio

general and install a doj lawyer in his place which would then use the power of the justice department to pressure the state of georgia to overturn its election results. acting on that news, senator schumer and others overnight called on the department of justice's inspector general to investigate those allegations, but since then, even more damning reporting has emerged. the "wall street journal" adding to the story of the georgia scheme that the failed president also pushed the justice department to ask the supreme court to invalidate president biden's victory. those efforts failed due to pushback of his own appointees

departments to begin phase one a of vulnerable population vaccinations. this represents 98.7% of all of the doses that the federal government allotted to the state of maryland. only 1.3%, 3727 doses have been retained by the state at the state health department for emergency backup reserve purposes. 270,150 doses have already been deployed to every single hospital in maryland to all 24 of our local health departments across the state and to cvs and walgreens which have a federal contract to handle all of our nursing homes across the state and to support the vaccination of our maryland front-line workers at the federal facilities we distributed the amount to the maryland front-line healthcare workers but federal facilities into those who work in facilities in d.c., marylanders that work in the hospitals in the district, 163,225 were sent to every maryland hospital for critical front-line workers, to date those hospitals have administered 55941 doses which is 34.3% of the doses which we provided them, some of the hospitals are doing extremely well, already utilizing as much as 67% of their total allocations while others are still ramping up, the slowest hospi

of maryland. only 1.3%, 3727 doses have been retained by the state at the state health department form urgency backup reserve purposes. 270,100 xt doses have already been deployed to every single hospital in maryland, to all 24 of our local health departments across the state and to cvs and walgreens which have a federal contract to handle all of our nursing homes across the state and to support the vaccination of our maryland frontline workers and federal facilities. we distributed them to our maryland frontline health care workers who work in federal facilities and to those who work in facilities in d.c. maryland in hospitals in the district. 163225% to every maryland hospital for critical frontline workers. to date, those hospitals have ministered 55,941 doses which is 34.3% of the doses that were provided to them. some of our hospitals are doing extremely well, already utilizing as much as 67% of their total allocations while others are still ramping up. the slowest hospitals in the state have completed only 16% of their allocation. we have also deployed 75,200 doses to one of our county health d

one of the things about the defense department is it spends hundreds of billions of dollars a year. as i found that when i was secretary the department of defense has contractors in every statedistrict. that's probably not by accident on the part of the congress. and so you have a built-in constituency both republican and democrat for support of defense programs where you don't have that kind of support for the civilian side. foreign assistance which comes under the agency for international development has long been one of the most unpopular government programs there is. what it takes is leadership on the part of the president and others and on the hill to help educate the american people why those capabilities are important, how relatively little they cost. one of the points i make in the book is that in terms of gdp, gross domestic product, united states ranks 21st in the world in terms of how much we offer in foreign assistance. and furthermore we keep quiet about the successes we do have. we don't tell anybody about it, and that's another problem we have come the absence of strategic communications capability. i think it's mainly the lack of the constituency and also a f

first of all, what he has promised, secretary blinken, is the re-professionalization of the state departmentiticization of the state department, and replenishing its ranks, because they were really depleted in the trump era. so, he's going to have to restore confidence again among america's allies, that the u.s. really needs to work with them, to cooperate with them, and listen to them. but i have a sense there is a lot of goodwill there, because most of our allies would really like to restore a good working relationship with the united states. laura: what do ucsd first test of whether the -- what do you see as the first test of whether we can work with america's allies? guest: china will be the major issue dominating foreign policy moving forward. we have to work with our european allies and with our asian allies on that. there, the viewsay be somewhat different on what kind of economic relationship have with it. i think another challenge will be the united states returning to the iran nuclear agreement. i think our allies would like that. but it is not going to be easy. there, of course ob

five years as secretary of state and look back on what you have achieved, what are you most proud of as secretary of state? sec. pompeo: we made progress at the state departmentcreating an ethos, the right people in the right places, built a planning system that will have real value at the state department. the leadership challenge that the secretary of state, a big organization, handing that off to the next is an important one. we have taken on america first, based on strength, realism, respect for other nations and their sovereignty. it is a central understanding, american capacity to do good in the world, do it without putting lots of people in harm's way and deliver on the things that matter. david: as you look back, what would you say is the most frustrating thing for you? is there something you wish you had a chief that you have not achieved? sec. pompeo: there is lots of unfinished business in lots of places in the world. the work with the chinese communist party and how we respond is a long-term project, something america neglected for five decades. we put policy in a new direction, but there is work to be done. david: you have been tough on china, hu

as the washington department of state department has been. trying to ignite the how these as a terrorist group so far during the previous remarks the describe such as the generalization of terrorism. has been also it has been a washington's clash according to their description to describe describe anyone who's against them as a. terrorist group these in the during the previous remarks have also said that the. ongoing war has led to the to a great impact on these yemenis civilians especially that the the death toll from the war has reached 700000 people and with this many observateur believe that this would for the worse in the humanitarian situation in the war torn country especially as according to the united nations over 1880 percent of the country's population now. are under the poverty line or have been. imposed to the brink of farmer so the many hope that the upcoming administration world with bringing 'd warring sides to back to the negotiating table to resolve their differences peacefully as any step by the world washington to describe

of maryland. only 1.3% have been retained by the state and state health department or emergency backup reserve purposes. 270,150 doses have already been deployed to every single hospital in maryland, to all 24 of our local health departments across the state and to cvs and walgreens, which have a federal contract to handle all of our nursing homes across the state and to support the vaccination of the maryland frontline workers and federal facilities we've distributed them out to the frontline healthcare workers and those who work with facilities in dc and hospitals in the district. 163,225 were sent to every maryland hospital for critical frontline workers. to date, those hospitals have administered 55,941 doses, which is 34.3% of the doses we have provided them. some of our hospitals are doing extremely well. already utilizing as much as 67% of their total allocations. while others are still just ramping up. the slowest hospital completed 16% of their allocations [inaudible] to every one of our county healtcountyhealth departments ae begun vaccinating the emts and first responders so they can in turn

department of state to now drop all 'd charges against him we heartened that a british court has denied the united states' request to extradite julian assange lunch the u.s. government's decision to charge the wiki leaks founder said a home full legal precedent for the persecution of journalists around the world simply for interacting with their sources we asked the u.s. department of justice to refrain from further pursuing extradition through appeals and to drop all charges against a stone age over that play appears to have fallen on deaf ears and takes a closer look at washington's war against the whistleblower. so a huge win for julian assad but the usa is still not ready to back down while we are extremely disappointed in the colts ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every points of law raised in particular the culture jets and all of mr songs as arguments regarding political motivation political offense fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states washington quickly announced it intends to

will you follow his practice has been the practice of the state department and the secretary of state for decades, or when you follow the pompeo fact is entering the secretary of state into a partisan political position? >> i strongly agree with sector power, and that is the model i would follow. >> i would be extremely disappointed if i i see you showing up at artisan events for democrats, including the president and vice president, president who's appointed you. if i see doing campaign defense or anybody on my set of the aisle i will be very disappointed. i know you're not going to but i wanted to put that on the record. >> i would welcome you holding to that. i had to tell you, senator, i could not agree more strongly that with regard to the state department it has to be picked at that instant say about it will be a nonpartisan institution that is seeking only to advance the national interest. i might add ifad, i started my career in washington at the department in 1993, and i've been working with the many women of the foreign service and self-service for the better part of 25 year