ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Nov. 21, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Overseas Security Advisory Council Annual Briefing: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Steve stole my best lines. (Laughter.) It's going to be all downhill from here. But in all seriousness, it's particularly good to be here as someone who has been a longtime resident of this area, Washington, D.C., northern Virginia  more