WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances.

Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime Biden confidant, as the nation’s 71st secretary of state, succeeding Mike Pompeo.

The position is the most senior Cabinet position, with the secretary fourth in the line of presidential succession. Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration.

He has pledged to be a leading force in the administration’s bid to reframe the U.S. relationship with the rest of the world after

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Biden to speak broadly on US foreign policy during State Department visit

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AP source: Biden picks longtime US diplomat as Yemen envoy

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Moon, Biden agree to work on joint North Korea strategy

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US ends deal with Arizona restricting Biden on immigration

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Jill Biden promotes 2 passions: military and cancer research

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Asian shares mostly higher, China markets fall back

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Federal mask mandate in effect, what it means for you

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Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary

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Senate set to confirm Buttigieg for transportation secretary

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Hawaii GOP chair resigns after party tweets about QAnon

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Alabama governor leases CoreCivic prisons in $3 billion plan

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Biden to meet with Republican senators to discuss COVID-19 relief

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5-year-old dresses as Bernie Sanders inauguration meme for school party

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VIRUS TODAY: GOP offers alternative COVID-19 relief plan

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10 GOP Senators request meeting with Biden to negotiate less-costly COVID-19 relief plan

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Buoyed by Keystone XL, pipeline opponents want Biden to act

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Biden to visit wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital

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HUD nominee pledges action to prevent home loss in pandemic

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Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG

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Biden administration to boost coronavirus vaccine purchases amid shortage complaints

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Federal judge bars Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban

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Janet Yellen sworn in as first woman Treasury secretary

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Murphy's top message to Biden? Ramp up vaccine production

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Senate confirms Antony Blinken as Biden’s Secretary of State

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President Biden thinks US is on pace for herd immunity in 2021. Here’s what that means

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Biden Commerce pick stresses investment in COVID-19 recovery

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Some Pennsylvania Guard will be in Washington until March

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Bernie Sanders crochet doll being auctioned off for charity

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Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal

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Janet Yellen wins Senate approval to become 1st female Treasury secretary

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Trump agreements seek to tie Biden's hands on immigration

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President Biden's dogs officially move in to White House

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - President Joe Biden officially has his furry friends with him at the White House, including the first rescue dog to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherMajor and Champ now call the iconic D.C. landmark home and the occasion was captured with some adorable photos of the pups enjoying their new yard with quite the view.Official White House photo by Adam Schultz Official White House photo by Adam Schultz Official White House photo by Adam Schultz The Biden family adopted Major back in 2018 after the association posted on social media that it received a litter of sick German Shepherd puppies.

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Texas man with gun, 95 rounds of ammo 'needed information about the Oval Office' before arrest

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President Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules

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Armed man arrested by Secret Service near White House, police say

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Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over

Netherlands.The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of the pathogen that originated in Britain and South Africa."It's up to us to show that we are civic-minded," Spaniard Claudio Barraza told AFP upon arrival at Paris's main international airport, after new rules on tests for EU arrivals came into force.The stipulations came as Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador became the latest public figure to test positive for the disease, and New Zealand reported its first community case for more than two months.In Washington, President Joe Biden will on Monday reimpose a ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil,

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

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