DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Cities Summit of the Americas Closing Plenary: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon. It is wonderful to be with all of you here in Denver. And Mike, let me just say to you first off, I can't thank you enough for your extraordinary leadership in bringing all of this together. The work you did to galvanize the   more