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After Houthi designation, Blinken warns of ‘super-empowered groups’ that ‘can make an extraordinary amount of trouble’

The secretary of state, speaking at the World Economic Forum, discussed regional challenges with Tom Friedman

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Secretary of State Tony Blinken (l) speaks at an event of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Secretary of State Tony Blinken warned on Wednesday of “super-empowered groups, super-empowered entities,” which, he said, “can make an extraordinary amount of trouble for nation-states and others.”

Blinken made the comments during an interview with The New York Times’...

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