nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 2J1P|||Secretary Of State Blinken: ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Diplomacy ‘Tarnished By Recent Events’||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||”The very fact that we’re constantly trying to build that more perfect union is an acknowledgement of our imperfection, ” Antony Blinken told NPR. “It’s in the striving that you really make progress.”