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Blinken presses Russia to free Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the launch of the U.S.-Afghan Consultative Mechanism with Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights Rina Amiri, Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee (EPCC) at the State Department in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Tom Brenner/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken presses Russia to free Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan