US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) greets Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels in March 2021. (Photo: AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses a press briefing at the end of a NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels, March 24, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
Photo a District of Columbia Fire Boat checks buoys in the waterway next to Fort McNair, seen in background in Washington, March 19, 2021. (Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
US President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House to virtually address the Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 19, 2021. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Alex Edelman)
The CDC requires a negative COVID-19 test result for travelers entering the United States as new-infection rates remain high; Miami International Airport in March 2020. (Photo: Associated Press/Wilfredo Lee)
US President Joe Biden signs a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Jim Watson)
The aircraft carrier Nimitz will remain in the Middle East for longer than previously ordered. (Photo: Associated Press/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/US Navy)