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#anthonybinken Anthony Blinken is the Secretary of State of the United States. He is the chief diplomat of the US. He runs the huge US State Department that oversees all US diplomatic missions around the world. If you get a US passport, he makes it possible.
He fits the profile of a senior cabinet officer in the US and other countries in the world. It is a man or woman from an upper-middle-class family or wealthy family. They attended some impressive academic institutions. They had a distinguished career in law, business, or politics before rising to cabinet officers.
Thanks to the television news program 60 minutes, I made some amazing discoveries about Mr. Blinken. He is Jewish. His grandparents were Hungarian Jews. His stepfather was a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. The Blinken family has close connections to Ukraine.
For those of you curious, here is his biography:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken