 their flight is not departing or is seriously delayed. Joel Rose, NPR News. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sounding hopeful about a ceasefire for Gaza. Here's NPR's Michelle Kellerman. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum to NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, Secretary Blinken uses a football analogy to describe the state of play in Middle East diplomacy. I believe we're inside the 10-yard line.